Chapter II Flashcards
Investigates how a person ought to act, in a moral sense
Normative ethics
Examines what moral beliefs are held by a given society
Descriptive ethics
It prescribes moral principles defining the good, right, duty, obligation, law, justices
Normative ethics
It objectively presents or describes the values of people being studied
Descriptive ethics
Used in philosophy or moral theology
Normative ethics
Used in empirical science like sociology, psychology
Descriptive ethics
This is how should people act
Normative ethics
This is what do people think is right
Descriptive ethics
Used as an ethical analysis to produce practical knowledge on how we should live our lives
Normative ethics
This account includes similarities and differences of moral values among different groups of people or describes the development of norm through time
Descriptive ethics
3 kinds of valuation
Aesthetic
Etiquette
Technical valuation
Aesthetics are derived from the greek word _____ meaning sense or feeling
Aesthesis
Refers to the judgement of personal approval or disapproval that we make about what we see, hear, smell or taste
Aesthetics
Sense of approval or disapproval concerning certain actions which can be considered relatively more trivial in nature
Etiquette
Technical valuation derived from the greek word
Techne