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Vol. 7 2 / 2002
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Soá baùo Xuaân
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SOME BASIC ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
FOR VIETNAMESE YOUTH IN OVERSEA
Recently, there are nearly 3 million Vietnamese living all over the
world, among them nearly two million Vietnamese refugees are living in the
Human beings are not at liberty to do as they wish because personal
actions often inspire consequent reactions and sometimes overreactions that
need regulating by way of laws and morals. This basic ethics affect individuals
as well as large groups. Facing a dangerous situation forces humans to choose
between doing what they freely wish to do (risking pain, suffering, and death
in the process) or setting limits on their behavior. Instead, they appear to
have evolved from real life situations in which human beings are forced to
adapt to threatening circumstances in order to maintain their peace, social
courtesy relationship and quality of life.
Morality is sometimes viewed in a negative context because it is
associated with self-serving political and religious causes. In spite of this
fact, the imposition of rules in the main does not lower the quality of human
life. To the contrary, carefully laid out rules have the greater potential to
improve its quality. Broadly imposing guidelines through the
promotion of statutory laws as well as moral, manner, and customary rule
systems, redirects social priorities in an efficient way. In turn, there
is an increase in societal organization and efficiency that enhances cultural
peace, prosperity, and productivity. Social evolution in this light acts as an
extension of our traditional Vietnamese culture that is tight hierarchical
organization and efficient survival strategies further the life of many types
of organisms.
The emergence of ethics and sentiments is therefore an extension of
human physiology that stabilizes relationships so that people grow and prosper
instead of conflicting to the point of extinction.
In order to build a bridge between the Vietnamese
youth and the moral world of right and wrong in a country where we live. This is
necessary to illustrate how survival inspires a cybernetic process leading to
the rise of ethical systems. The
evolutions of ethical principles here are viewed as an extension of traditional
Vietnamese culture to overseas. This derives from traditional ethical thinking
touching on linguistic and metaethical aspects of reasoning.
What is important to note is how conflicts and potential conflicts
act as people to make changes in the way they behave in a society with multiple
cultures? Ethical acts vividly illustrate how the forces of human survival in
peace and the need for the synchronization of many parts work.
Here it seems evident that successful organic strategies for
survival have created extremely complex and efficient hierarchies of order in
nature. The principles governing the evolution forces driving
the development of moral systems. The nature of moral systems in
different cultures, different ethnic are the complexity of our daily moral
activity.
We are uniting in cooperative strategies to further mutual
survival. The rise of ethical principles in this sense is a cooperative effort
of humanity that has the effect of optimizing its energies and resources in an
ever-increasing dynamic of survival guided by our cultural principles.
How human beings adapt to a hostile environment by changing the way
their cultures are structured but we adjust the way we live and we are proud of
our culture.
To contribute something for a nation where we live, we should have
some basic ethical principles to follow through Autonomy, Beneficence,
Fidelity, Justice, Non maleficence, Liability
responsibility, Four “No”, and Five “Yes” (Respect.)
AUTONOMY: To have the right or power of self-government. Principle
of autonomy applies to acting in a manner that respects freedom of the other.
BENEFICENCE: Active goodness. This applies to acting in a manner
that promotes the growth and well being of the other.
FIDELITY: The quality or state of being faithful. Something to
which a pledge or duty binds you. This applies to keeping promises or
commitments both stated and implied.
JUSTICE: This applies to treating others fairly, legally.
NONMALEFICENCE: The principle of nonmaleficence applies to acting
in a manner that does not cause harm to others or prevents harm to others.
LIABILITY RESPONSIBILITY: This means that you can be held
accountable for the results of your actions.
LOVE AND CARE FOR THE OTHERS RATHER BE LOVED: Love and care for the
others as you love and care for yourself.
FOUR “NO”: No drug, No drink, No casino gambling, No whores and no
thieves.
FIVE “YES”: Respect constitution of the people, for people and by
people, Respect your parents, Respect your teacher, Respect your spouse, and
Respect fellowship.
Duke Nguyen