The Greek term ‘ethos’ implies behaviour in general. When complemented
by the values behind any behaviour, the formal term gains the significance of a system
of rules or even commands to be obeyed. Ethics become a Decalogue prescribing how
to behave properly; that is following the actual ethics embodied in behaviour learned, in
customs or codified in laws. From the beginning philosophy enquired, which central
values ought to be distinguished. A precondition for an answer, the ‘Unde, Ubi, Quo’
had to be elucidated: the origins of man, his position in the world and his destiny. On
that base only it can be explored ‘how wo-men ought to act rightly’. Justice to be done,
and justness to be exhibited in behaviour, appears one of the, if not the focal, value
founding of ethical systems. Any culture, any sector of individual or societal life centres
around justice, justness and the concepts connected.
Keywords: Behaviour, comprehensive, en-action, ethics, evolutional approach,
individual, interdependence, justice, justness, moral, morale, pragmatic, reinvention,
requisite holism, safety, social responsibility, societal learning,
systemic behaviour, trust and values.
