PHI 2396 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Normative Ethics, Descriptive Ethics, Meta-Ethics
4 Oct 2016
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What are the moral foundations of bioethics: normative ethics. Normative ethics are the general norms for guidance and evaluation of conduct, and is the search for, and justi cation of, moral standards or norms. It is the general understanding of the way we are acting. Ethical theories attempt to identify and to justify these norms, while normative ethics deals with these questions: General normative ethics addresses which general moral norms for the the guidance and evaluation of conduct we should accept, and why: nonnormative ethics. Branch of nonnormative ethics that deals with much deeper ethics issues. Study of the meaning and justi cation of basic moral beliefs. Uses scienti c techniques to study how people reason and act. An interdisciplinary approach where psychologists, historians, and sociologists determine which moral norms and attitudes are expressed in professional practice and in professional codes.
