Ethics Chapter 1

Morality

Beliefs regarding morally bad and good people or character

Moral

Something right or good

Immoral

Wrong or bad

Ethics

Study of morality using philosophy methods and tools

Philosophy

Examines life questions with critical thinking, logical argument and reasoning.

Descriptive Ethics

Study of morality using methodology of science.

Morality jobs

Historians, psychologists, anthropologists

Normative ethics

Search for justification of moral standards or norms

Meta ethics

Study of meaning and justification of basic moral beliefs

EX of normative ethics

Action is right or person is good

EX of meta ethics

What it means for a person to be right or a person to be goodd

Applied ethics

Using moral norms and concepts to resolve practical moral issues

Bioethics

Applied ethics focused on medical tech, med science and healthcare