ethical frameworks

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general subject areas of ethics

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meta ethics
normative ethics
applied ethics

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is the study of moral thought and moral language.

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Meta-ethics

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Rather than addressing questions about what practices are right and wrong, and what our obligations to other people or future generations are.

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meta ethics

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is interested in whether there can be knowledge of moral truths, or only moral feelings and attitudes, and asks how we understand moral discourse as compared with other forms of speech and writing.

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meta ethics

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meta ethics can be classified:

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semantically (language)

substantially (essence of application)

epistemologically (on the basis of knowledge)

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classification of meta ethics

semantically

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cognitivism. non cognitivism

realism, subjectivism
emotivism

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classification of meta ethics

substance

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universalist

relativist

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classification of meta ethics

epistemological

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empiricist

intuitivist

rationalist

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(semantic meta ehtics)

This states that moral judgments convey propositions, to which these propositions contain ‘truth’, hence classified whether these are true or false

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cognitivism

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(cognitivism)

states that moral facts are independent of people’s judgment.

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moral realism

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(cognitivism)

elaborates that moral facts are based on a person or a group’s judgment.

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moral subjectivism

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(semantic meta ethics)

This denies moral judgments to contain truth values within them, which makes them identical to mere expressions.

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non-cognitivism

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(non cognitivism)

is the most popular form of non-cognitivsim

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emotivism

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theorizes that moral facts and principles apply to and everybody in all places

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universalism

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there exist a universal ethical principle that governs all and does not exempt anyone.

it is partnered with moral realism most of the time

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unviersalism

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submits that moral facts vary from a person to another, or a group of people to another, implying that there is no existing universal ethical principle

it is compatible with ethical or moral subjectivism

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moral relativism

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substantial meta ethics (2)

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universalism and moral relativsm

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epistemological meta-ethics (3)

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moral empiricism

moral rationalism

moral intutionism

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is a meta-ethical stance which statest that moral facts are known through observation and experience

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moral empiricism

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this is an extnsion of the epistemological theory of empiricism which upholds that factual knowledge is acquired through sense-experience

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moral empiricism

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meta-ethical stance that emphasizes that moral facts and principles are know a priori, or beforehand, through reason alone and without any reference to experience

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moral rationalism

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meta ethical stance that determines moral truth from intuition, or immediate instinctive “gut feel”

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moral intuitionism

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focus on how man ought to act, morally speaking

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normative ethics

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it attempts to determine a moral course of action upon evaluating the standards of right and wrong

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normative ethics

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normative ethics (3)

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deontology
teleological ethics
virtue ethics

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normative ethics

places emphasis on developing good habits of character, the so-called virtues, and avoiding bad habits, or vices

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virtue ethics

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normative ethics

is an ethical system that bases morality on independent moral rules or duties

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deontology

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normative ethics

it views that people either adhere to their repsective duties or not. tthis is also called as nonconsequentialism

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deontology

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considered as one of the most well-know deontologist. synthesized the principles of english empricisim and french rationalism into a new from called criticism

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immanuel knat

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normative ethics

refers to the moral system that determines the moral value of actions by their outcomes or results

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teleology

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normative ethics

also known as consequentialism

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teleology

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normative ethics

central to this theory is the idea of utility, putting value into all thigns which becomes our basis in determining the morality of our actions

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utilitarian principle

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examines more on the controversial issues plaguing the society in the recent years

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appllied ehtics

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it deals with how we are able to determine the ethically correct course of action in specific realms of human action

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applied ethics

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a subfield of applied ethics which deals with isseus concerning life, biomedical researches, medicines and the use of them, heaklthcare, and the medical profession and practice.

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bioethics

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applied ethics

deals with issues concernine nature, ecosyustem, and its nohnuman contents

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environmental ethics

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applied ethics

examines moral principles conerning business and the environoment in it, such as corporate practices, policies, buisness behaviors, conducts and relationships within an oraganization

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business ethics

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applied ethics

talks about sexuality and human sexual behavior moral issues. often tied with theories concerning feminism and queer theory-gender s tudies, it usually overlaps with bioethics as well

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sexual ethics

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applied ethics

deals with what is right for a society to do an how it should acts as a whole

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social ethics