Ethics

Ethics

Of or relating to a branch of philosophy that focuses on human morality. It involves analyzing concepts of right and wrong conduct an behavior based on one's own morals.

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act utilitarianism

Philosophy; Ethics

Theory that the principle of utility is or ought to be applied to particular acts in particular circumstances. An act utilitarian justifies actions simply by direct appeal to the principle of ...

A normative approach to morality that views what should be done as determined by consequences. The most common ethical/philosophical expressions are utilitarianism in its various flavors (viz. , act ...

deontological (non-consequentialist) theories

Philosophy; Ethics

A normative stance that views what should be done as determined by fundamental principles that do not derive solely or even primarily from consequences. An act or rule is right insofar as it ...

duty

Philosophy; Ethics

Action, or an act, that is due by moral or legal obligation. Rights, grounded in core ethical principles such as autonomy, beneficence/nonmaleficence and justice, create duties -- either of ...

facts and values

Philosophy; Ethics

Bifurcation of the world into statements about what is (facts) and what ought to be (values). The division is by no means universally accepted; and those that accept the division are not necessarily ...

justice

Philosophy; Ethics

Commonly described as fairness, but more closely aligned to the concept of "desert" (pronounced like, but not to be confused with, "dessert" of the ice-cream et al variety): One has acted justly ...