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The Applied Ethicists are like the players. They “get their hands [or feet] dirty”. They take the general rules of normative ethics and “play” under them. What interests them is how we should act in specific areas. For example, how should we deal with issues like meat-eating, euthanasia or stealing? (pp. 1–4) References. Fisher, A ...
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The objective of the present unit is: Contextualise Applied Ethics as a discipline under the broad field of Ethics. Establish the distinctive nature of ethical inquiry as a normative study. Define the key terms used in the field of ethics. Discuss the three approaches to the study of ethics.
Normative Ethics. 3. Applied Ethics. 1. B. Meta-ethics consists in the attempt to answer the fundamental philosophical questions about the nature of ethical theory itself. Examples: 1. Are ethical statements such as "lying is wrong", or "friendship is good" true or false?
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Ethics is concerned with whether and how those ethical opinions can be reasonably justified. Normative ethics in particular is concerned with articulating and developing the general ethical theories in terms of which ethical opinions at the applied level might be justified.
APPLIED ETHICS A. What is applied ethics? 1. So far we have been focused either on normative ethics, which studies what features make something good/bad, an act right/wrong or a trait virtuous or vicious-or - metaethics, which studies philosophical questions about the meaning of ethical words, or the nature of ethical facts 2.
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Applied ethics tries to give answers to the practical moral ques-tions we ask in everyday life. For example: Is abortion wrong? Is polluting the environment permissible? Do animals have rights? 2. Normative ethics is more abstract than applied ethics. Norma - tive ethics tries to construct theories that account for the right-
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Applied ethics is an area of moral philosophy that focuses on concrete moral issues, including such matters as abortion, capital punishment, civil disobedience, drug use, family responsibilities, and professional ethics. This article defends a variety of positions in both normative moral theory and metaethics.
