Lessons

Ethics: The moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conduct of an activity.

Morals: A person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable.

Virtue: Behavior showing high moral standards.

Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Justice: Fair and impartial treatment or behavior.

Autonomy: The right or condition of self-government; freedom from external control.

Beneficence: The act of doing good; kindness.

Non-maleficence: The principle of doing no harm.

Utilitarianism: The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or benefit the majority.

Deontology: The study of the nature of duty and obligation.

Consequentialism: The doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences.

Moral relativism: The view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint.

Ethical dilemma: A situation that involves conflicting moral choices.

Conscience: An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Altruism: The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Accountability: The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.

Transparency: The quality of being open, honest, and easily understood.

Rights: Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement.

Duty: A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

Values: Principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

Ethical reasoning: The process of evaluating a moral issue and coming to a moral conclusion.

Moral absolutism: The belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged.

Ethical egoism: The normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest.