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15 hours ago · Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. The main branches of ethics include normative ethics, applied ethics, and metaethics. Normative ethics aims to find general principles that govern how people ...
15 hours ago · Since at least 1894, philosophers and psychologists attempted to empirically evaluate the morality of an individual, [25][26] especially attempting to distinguish adults from children in terms of their judgment. Unfortunately, these efforts failed because they "attempted to quantify how much morality an individual had—a notably contentious ...
15 hours ago · An estimated $416 million was donated to effective charities identified by the movement in 2019, [18] representing a 37% annual growth rate since 2015. [19] Two of the largest donors in the effective altruism community, Dustin Moskovitz, who had become wealthy through co-founding Facebook, and his wife Cari Tuna, hope to donate most of their net worth of over $11 billion for effective altruist ...
15 hours ago · Catharism (/ ˈkæθərɪzəm / KATH-ər-iz-əm; [1] from the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized: katharoí, "the pure ones" [2]) was a Christian quasi- dualist or pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries. [3] Denounced as a heretical ...
15 hours ago · Democracy, in Dewey's view, is a moral ideal requiring actual effort and work by people; it is not an institutional concept that exists outside of ourselves. "The task of democracy", Dewey concludes, "is forever that of creation of a freer and more humane experience in which all share and to which all contribute".
15 hours ago · Pantheism is the philosophical and religious belief that reality, the universe, and nature are identical to divinity or a supreme entity. [ 1] The physical universe is thus understood as an immanent deity, still expanding and creating, which has existed since the beginning of time. [ 2] The term pantheist designates one who holds both that ...
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15 hours ago · Sustainability is regarded as a "normative concept".[5] [22] [23] [2] This means it is based on what people value or find desirable: "The quest for sustainability involves connecting what is known through scientific study to applications in pursuit of what people want for the future."
