PHLB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Descriptive Ethics, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics
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Morality: concerns beliefs regarding morally right and wrong actions and morally good and bad persons or character. Mo(cid:396)alit(cid:455) is a(cid:271)out people"s (cid:373)o(cid:396)al judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iples, (cid:396)ues, sta(cid:374)da(cid:396)ds a(cid:374)d theo(cid:396)ies. Ethics: is the study of morality using the tools and methods of philosophy: ethics is also known as moral philosophy, descriptive ethics: the study of morality using the methodology of science. Purpose is to investigate the empirical factors of morality- the actual beliefs, (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es that (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitute people"s (cid:373)o(cid:396)al e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. In ethics we ask: how ought we live. In descriptive ethics we ask: how do we in fact live. Aesthetic norms help us value judgments about art. Norms of etiquette about polite social behaviour. Moral principles or judgements apply in all relevantly similar situations (not only unique to moral norms and is a characteristic of all normative spheres) The idea that everyone should be considered equal.
