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The Meaning And Definition Of Integrity

In an effort to define the word "integrity",10. The Stanford University Encyclopedia of
I came up with some explanations, afterPhilosophy  states  the  following:
consulting some dictionaries and
encyclopaedias."Integrity is one of the most important and
oft-cited of virtue terms. It is also perhaps
Integrity is made up of several words,the most puzzling. For example, while it is
meanings and synonyms. It consists of a lotsometimes used virtually synonymously with
of what can be described as ethical and moral'moral,' we also at times distinguish acting
values  or  civilised  values.morally from acting with integrity. Persons
of integrity may in fact act immorally-though
1.  Soundness:they would usually not know they are acting
immorally. Thus one may acknowledge a person
This refers to how healthy an opinion,to have integrity even though that person may
argument, reasoning or a research finding is,hold  importantly  mistaken  moral  views.
implying how free it is from flaw, defect or
decay.When used as a virtue term, 'integrity'
refers to a quality of a person's character;
Also, how free is it from error, fallacy, orhowever, there are other uses of the term.
misapprehension; exhibiting or based onOne may speak of the integrity of a
thorough knowledge and experience; legallywilderness region or an ecosystem, a
valid; logically valid and having truecomputerized database, a defense system, a
premises;  agreeing  with  accepted  views.work of art, and so on. When it is applied to
objects, integrity refers to the wholeness,
It also means solid, firm, stable andintactness or purity of a thing-meanings that
thorough; showing good sense or judgmentare sometimes carried over when it is applied
based  on  valid  information.to people. A wilderness region has integrity
when it has not been corrupted by development
2.  Completeness:or by the side-effects of development, when
it remains intact as wilderness. A database
It means having all necessary parts,maintains its integrity as long as it remains
elements, or steps; highly proficient;uncorrupted by error; a defense system as
totally, absolutely, thoroughly and fullylong as it is not breached. A musical work
carried  out;  including  all possible parts.might be said to have integrity when its
musical structure has a certain completeness
3.  Sincerity:that is not intruded upon by uncoordinated,
unrelated musical ideas; that is, when it
It means fairness and straightforwardness ofpossesses a kind of musical wholeness,
conduct;  adherence  to  the  facts.intactness  and  purity.
4.  Honesty:Integrity is also attributed to various parts
or aspects of a person's life. We speak of
It implies a refusal to lie, steal, orattributes such as professional, intellectual
deceive  in  any  way.and artistic integrity. However, the most
philosophically important sense of the term
5.  Honor:'integrity' relates to general character.
Philosophers have been particularly concerned
It suggests an active or anxious regard forto understand what it is for a person to
the standards of one's profession, calling,exhibit integrity throughout life. Acting
or  position.with integrity on some particularly important
occasion will, philosophically speaking,
6.  Probity:always be explained in terms of broader
features  of  a  person's character and life.
It implies tried and proven honesty or
truthfulness.What is it to be a person of integrity?
Ordinary discourse about integrity involves
7.  Incorruptibility:two fundamental intuitions: first, that
integrity is primarily a formal relation one
It implies trustworthiness and truthfulnesshas to oneself, or between parts or aspects
to a degree that one is incapable of beingof one's self; and second, that integrity is
false  to  a trust, responsibility or pledge.connected in an important way to acting
morally, in other words, there are some
It also finally means being incapable ofsubstantive or normative constraints on what
corruption; not subject to decay orit is to act with integrity. How these two
dissolution; incapable of being bribed orintuitions can be incorporated into a
morally  corrupted.consistent theory of integrity is not
obvious, and most accounts of integrity tend
8.  Conclusion:to focus on one of these intuitions to the
detriment  of  the  other.
The question to be asked is where does a
nation stand with regard to these principlesA number of accounts have been advanced, the
of integrity; where does an organisation ormost important of them being: (i) integrity
political party stand and finally what is myas the integration of self; (ii) integrity as
individual position? This synonymous questionmaintenance of identity; (iii) integrity as
can  also  be  asked:  How  civilised are we?standing for something; (iv) integrity as
moral purpose; and (v) integrity as a virtue.
9.  Resources:These accounts are reviewed below. We then
examine several issues that have been of
Stanford  Encyclopedia  of  Philosophycentral concern to philosophers exploring the
concept of integrity: the relations between
Wikipedia  Free  Encyclopediatypes of integrity, integrity and moral
theory, and integrity and social and
Merriam-Webster  Online  Dictionarypolitical conditions.



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