PHIL 136 Chapter 1: Notes
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Morality - concerns beliefs regarding morally right and wrong actions and morally good and bad persons. Is about people"s moral judgements, principles, rules, standards and theories- all of which help direct conduct, mark out moral practices and provide the yardsticks for measuring moral worth. Ethics- is the study of morality using the tools and methods of philosophy. Philosophy is a discipline that systematically examines life"s big questions through critical. Descriptive ethics- is the study of morality using the methodology of science. Purpose is to investigate empirical facts of morality (actual beliefs, behaviors, and practices that constitute people"s moral experience) Normative ethics- is the search for, and justification of, moral standards, or norms. In normative ethics, we ask whether an action is right or whether a person is good. Metaethics - is the study of the meaning and justification of basic moral beliefs.
