Understanding Ethics

The video tutorial explains ethics as a set of values and principles used to make decisions about what one wants, should, or can do. It highlights the importance of understanding these principles to navigate ethical dilemmas, where desires, duties, and capabilities may conflict.

What is the primary focus of ethics as described in the video?

• A framework for making decisions about wants, duties, and abilities

• A collection of personal preferences

• A set of laws to follow

• A guide to achieving success

Which of the following is NOT one of the key questions ethics helps to address?

• What should I do?

• What will make me happy?

• What can I do?

• What do I want?

In the context of ethical principles, what might cause a conflict between desires and duties?

• Desiring something that one should not pursue

• Having a duty that is impossible to fulfill

• Being able to do something that is also a duty

• Wanting something that is also a duty

What is an example of a situation where one might have a duty but lack the ability to fulfill it?

• Wanting to help but not having the resources

• Being able to help but not wanting to

• Having the resources but not the desire

• Wanting to help and having the resources

Which scenario illustrates a conflict between ability and desire?

• Wanting to act but not being able to

• Being able to act but not wanting to

• Having a duty to act but not wanting to

• Having a duty to act and wanting to