Applied ethics
Applied Ethics
Applied Ethics (pronounced: uh-plied eh-thiks) is a branch of Ethics that deals with ethical questions specific to a professional, disciplinary, or practical field.
Etymology
The term "Applied Ethics" originates from the Greek word "ethikos" which means "arising from habit". It is a combination of the words "applied", meaning put to practical use, and "ethics", referring to moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
Definition
Applied Ethics is the philosophical examination, from a moral standpoint, of particular issues in private and public life that are matters of moral judgment. It is thus a term used to describe attempts to use philosophical methods to identify the morally correct course of action in various fields of human life.
Related Terms
- Bioethics: A study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine. It is also moral discernment as it relates to medical policy and practice.
- Business Ethics: The study of appropriate business policies and practices regarding potentially controversial issues, such as corporate governance, insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary responsibilities.
- Environmental Ethics: A part of philosophy that considers the moral relations between human beings and their natural environment.
- Professional Ethics: The personal and corporate standards of behavior expected by professionals.
- Normative Ethics: The study of ethical action. It is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates the set of questions that arise when considering how one ought to act, morally speaking.
- Descriptive Ethics: Also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about morality.
- Meta-Ethics: The branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Applied ethics
- Wikipedia's article - Applied ethics
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