Ethic

Ethic is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.

Definition

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value, and thus comprises the branch of philosophy called axiology.

History

Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime. As a field of intellectual inquiry, moral philosophy also is related to the fields of moral psychology, descriptive ethics, and value theory.

Branches of Ethics

Ethics can be divided into four major areas of study:

• Meta-ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions, and how their truth values (if any) can be determined
• Normative ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action
• Applied ethics, about how moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations
• Descriptive ethics, also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about morality

See Also

• Philosophy
• Morality
• Justice
• Virtue
• Crime

References

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