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Jul 17, 2011 · The article tries to inquire a third way in normative ethics between consequentialism or utilitarianism and deontology or Kantianism. To find such a third way in normative ethics, one has to analyze the elements of these classical theories and to look if they are justified. In this article it is argued that an adequate normative ethics has to contain the following five elements: (1) normative ...
Jul 18, 2003 · Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach that emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism). Suppose it is obvious that someone ...
Ethics - Morality, Values, Principles: Normative ethics seeks to set norms or standards for conduct. The term is commonly used in reference to the discussion of general theories about what one ought to do, a central part of Western ethics since ancient times. Normative ethics continued to occupy the attention of most moral philosophers during the early years of the 20th century, as Moore ...
Apr 4, 2015 · Applied ethics is, thus, expected to provide a normative orientation which is helpful in practice. To develop such an action-guiding potential, the normative theory applied, for example, needs to be compatible with the stakeholders’ actual moral thinking and behavior (, p. 325). Therefore, not only the theory’s acceptability (in the sense ...
Aug 30, 2023 · Normative public policy tries to explore the role and relevancy of values and principles in public policy and management processes; value choices underlining policy decisions; and the assessment of the impacts or outcomes of public policies (Jørgensen and Bozeman 2007 :355–356; Robert and Zeckhauser 2011 :615–616; Surel 2000 :495–496).
Guiding documents grounded in normative ethical analysis, such as the ANA Code of Ethics1 and The International Council of Nursing’s Code of Ethics for Nurses,2 have a fundamental effect on nursing practice. And nursing school curricula are expected to include normative ethical content; for example, the American Association of Colleges of ...
Abstract. This article focuses on how certain basic normative questions are addressed by Kant and various contemporary Kantians who interpret and extend Kant's theory. Kant's ethical writings are open to different interpretations, and the literature devoted to interpreting and extending his ideas is vast, diverse, and of mixed quality.
