Ethics

How would you personally define the concepts of ethics and morality? Discuss one of the philosophers mentioned  following reading and the contribution they made to the study of ethics. How do ethics impact the role of a public safety administrator?

• Ethics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/Ethics_Main.html from Importance of Philosophy by Jeff Landauer & Joseph Rowlands
• Henman, Robert (2007) Foundations in Ethical Theory: http://www.roberthenman.com/articles/foundationsethics.pdf (downloads a .pdf document)
• Business Ethics Foundations: Key Elements of an Ethics Program: http://ethicsedge.com/remotearticle.html
• Johnson, Robert (2008) Kant's Moral Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/ from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Shakil, Ali, Kantian Duty Based (Deontological) Ethics: http://sevenpillarsinstitute.org/morality-101/kantian-duty-based-deontological-ethics from Seven Pillars Institute for Global Finance and Ethics
• Subjectivism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/subjectivism.shtml from the BBC
• Rosaldo, Renato: Of Headhunters and Soldiers: Separating Cultural and Ethical Relativism: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v11n1/relativism.html from the Mark Kula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
• Cultural Relativism - Illogical Standard: http://www.cultural-relativism.com/ from All About Philosophy website
• Yount, Dave (2013) Ethical Relativism:  What It Is, And Objections There Against:  http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~davpy35701/text/relativism.html
• Shaver, Robert (2014) Egoism: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egoism/ from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Psychological Egoism http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/egoism.html from Ethics at Philosophy at Lander webpage
• Utilitarian Theories: http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cavalier/80130/part2/sect9.html from the Online Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy website
• Duty-based ethics: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/duty_1.shtml from the BBC
• Hursthouse, Rosalind (2012) Virtue Ethics: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/ from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy