Ethics and Society

Ethics is important to every society as it plays a critical role in shaping the

individual’s behaviors within a society. It keeps society in balance. Knowing how

people are likely to behave can ease interactions and facilitate exchange. It

promotes cooperation and cohesion which individuals are accountable for

fulfilling their civic duty; the actions of an individual must benefit the whole of

society. In this way, there must be a balance between economic growth and the

welfare of society and the environment.

A society without clear ethical/moral values and norms will typically experience

more conflict in areas concerning “quality of human life”. Any issue that impacts

or deals with things that can be referred to as fundamentally “good” or “bad” will

be a point of contention.

Ethics will be deliberated with social and community aspects. Based on the

principle of justice and public health ethics, the concept of social ethics has been

investigated concisely through the relationship between man, as a moral person,

and the society in exemplification of the issues of healthcare ethics. It is argued

that the tension between individualism and communitarian needs can be

reconciled with the perspective of social ethics by respecting the individual

autonomy without disregarding the common good and social justice. By

promoting the values of social responsibility, solidarity, social utility, social ethics

has been proposed as the basis of a rational, moral, egalitarian, pluralistic,

democratic society rising on the pillars of human rights and human dignity.

In every society there are issues, often moral, that cause huge controversy. On

such issues most citizens believe themselves to be right, but they disagree with

each other on exactly what is right. Many people who accept such things are

wrong, don't act so absurdly. In any case, at the point when sensible individuals

differ the state can't adjudicate. All it can do is to take record of that discussion in

settling on its choices. The choices made by the state or its specialists, all include

the assignment of essential social assets, for example, opportunity, influence and

open cash. The state chooses what its subjects are allowed to do and not to do,

who ought to have the specialist to follow up on benefit of the state, and how

state-supported exercises ought to be financed.

Social and ethical issues are present in everything we do. No matter how large or

small the scale of work, or how major or minor the impact. Many of those issues
may differ significantly on the moral values and views of different groups and

individuals. But it was our moral duty to serve our society to our best abilities.