BUS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Engineering Ethics, Applied Ethics, Bioethics

• School: University of Denver
• Department: Business Core
• Course: BUS 1000
• Professor: Mc Cubbrey Donald

Document Summary

Metaethics-asks how we understand, know about, and what we mean when we talk about what is right and wrong. Descriptive ethics-would be concerned with determining what proportion of people believe that killing is always wrong. Normative ethics-concerned whether it is correct to hold such a belief, prescriptive. Applied ethics-discipline of philosophy that attempts to apply ethics theory to real life situation o. Specialized fields: engineering ethics, bioethics, geoethics, public service ethics, and business ethics. Take the course of action that achieves the most positive outcome or consequence: virtue-the importance of developing excellence of character. Virtue denotes doing the right thing, to the right person, as the right time, to the proper extent, in the correct fashion, for the right reason. Business ethics-form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment.