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normative ethics, that branch of moral philosophy, or ethics, concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong. It includes the formulation of moral rules that have direct implications for what human actions, institutions, and ways of life should be like.
- Metaethics
Metaethics, the subdiscipline of ethics concerned with the...
- Teleological
teleological ethics, (teleological from Greek telos, “end”;...
- Business Ethics
business ethics, branch of applied ethics that studies the...
- Applied Ethics
applied ethics, the application of normative ethical...
- Virtue Ethics
virtue ethics, Approach to ethics that takes the notion of...
- Metaethics
Find ethics case studies on government ethics topics including open meetings, campaigns, bribes, civility, and conflicts of interest. (For permission to reprint articles, submit requests to ethics@scu.edu.) Cases can also be viewed by the following categories:
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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 ...
- Mark Dimmock, Andrew Fisher
- Church Hill, TN
- 2017
Jun 8, 2000 · Adapted from a workshop conducted for Leadership Santa Clara on June 8, 2000. Overview: - Highlight some current ethical issues in public service. - Identify ethics in relation to law, etiquette, and empirical disciplines. - Examine theories challenging the objectivity of morality. - Identify some general ethical principles, and some specific ...
Aug 30, 2023 · Ethics and values shape public policy processes and analysis. Public administration and policy have “normative” aspects, and normative public policy explores the role and relevancy of beliefs, interests, goals, values, and principles in public policy and management.
By contrasting applied ethics with the other branches, one can get a better understanding what exactly applied ethics is about. The three branches are metaethics , normative ethics (sometimes referred to as ethical theory), and applied ethics .