Three ways of "doing" ethics
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 10-10-14 08:45
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- Three ways of 'doing' ethics
- Normative Ethics
- Was around until the end of the 19th century.
- Asks what things are good and bad and what behaviour is right or wrong.
- Decides how people ought to act.
- These decisions may come from an established group or culture, such as the Christian tradition.
- Example: "Is sex before marriage right?"
- Descriptive ethics
- This describes and compares the different ways in which people and societies have answered moral questions.
- Example
- "What do Christian and Muslim traditions believe about sex before marriage.
- Meta-ethics
- Sometimes called "philosophical ethics."
- Explores the meaning and function of moral language.
- Example
- "What do we mean when we say that sex before marriage is good?"
- Normative Ethics
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