- "Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior."
The study of the principles of right and wrong behavior and how they relate to religious belief and practice.
Metaethics: The study of the fundamental nature of ethics, including the nature of moral facts and values, and the relationship between morality and language.
Normative ethics: The study of how people ought to behave, including the identification and justification of moral principles and theories.
Virtue ethics: Emphasizes the character traits of the moral agent rather than any set of principles or rules.
Deontological ethics: The view that certain actions are inherently right or wrong, regardless of their consequences.
Consequentialism: The view that the moral value of an action should be based solely on its outcome or consequence.
Divine command theory: The belief that moral values and duties are grounded in God's will or commands.
Natural law theory: The view that moral truths can be derived from natural facts.
Ethical relativism: The belief that moral truths are relative to culture or individual perspectives.
Ethical egoism: The view that individuals ought to pursue their own self-interest, regardless of the impact on others.
Utilitarianism: The view that actions are morally right if they maximize happiness or pleasure for the greatest number of people.
Kantianism: The view that moral duties are based on rational principles, and that individuals have inherent worth and dignity.
Social contract theory: The idea that moral and political societies are based on a hypothetical agreement among individuals.
Feminist ethics: The study of how gender affects ethical practices and principles, and the importance of incorporating feminist values into ethical theory.
Environmental ethics: The study of how human actions affect the natural environment, and the ethical responsibility humans have to the Earth and its ecosystems.
Animal ethics: The study of ethical principles and practices regarding the treatment of animals by humans.
- "A central aspect of ethics is 'the good life,' the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying."
- "Many philosophers hold that the good life is more important than traditional moral conduct."
- "Most religions have an ethical component, often derived from purported supernatural revelation or guidance."
- "Some assert that religion is necessary to live ethically."
- "There are those who 'would say that we can only flourish under the umbrella of a strong social order, cemented by common adherence to a particular religious tradition'."
- "Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior."
- "A central aspect of ethics is 'the good life,' the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying."
- "Many philosophers hold that the good life is more important than traditional moral conduct."
- "Most religions have an ethical component, often derived from purported supernatural revelation or guidance."
- "Some assert that religion is necessary to live ethically."
- "We can only flourish under the umbrella of a strong social order, cemented by common adherence to a particular religious tradition" - Simon Blackburn.
- "Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior."
- "A central aspect of ethics is 'the good life', the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying."
- "Many philosophers hold that the good life is more important than traditional moral conduct."
- "Most religions have an ethical component, often derived from purported supernatural revelation or guidance."
- "Some assert that religion is necessary to live ethically."
- "We can only flourish under the umbrella of a strong social order, cemented by common adherence to a particular religious tradition" - Simon Blackburn.
- "Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior."
- "A central aspect of ethics is 'the good life', the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying."