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Ethics (23488 bytes)
1: ...good]]" or "[[right]]." The Western tradition of ethics is sometimes called '''moral philosophy'''. This ...
3: ==The history of ethics==
5: ...ho developed [[ethical naturalism]]. The study of ethics was developed further by [[Epicurus]] and the [[E...
7: ...ed the highest ethical standards called "absolute ethics" by [[Albert Schweitzer]]. Millennia later, the [...
8: See also [[Ethics in religion]]

Ethics in religion (23467 bytes)
1: ...tems from [[revealed truth]] from divine sources, ethics is studied as a branch of [[theology]].
5: <!-- == Greek and Roman religious ethics ==
7: ...d its relationship with classical Greek and Roman ethics. (''Please contribute to this section!'')
9: The classical Greek and Roman notions of [[ethics]] heavily influenced the Mediterranean and Europe...
11: == [[Ethics in the Bible]] ==

Cognitivism (ethics) (4674 bytes)
1: In [[ethics]], '''cognitivism''' is the view that ethical sen...
9: ...ognitivism are different theories. Several [[meta-ethics|metaethical]] theories accept that ethical senten...
13: ...gnitivism stands on the close resemblance between ethics and other normative matters, such as [[game]]s. A...
19: [[Category:Ethics]]

Jewish ethics (15231 bytes)
1: '''Jewish ethics''' is based on the fundamental concepts of [[Juda...
5: ...eral, or (and more commonly) refers to the Jewish ethics education movement that developed in the 19th cen...
9: The classical rabbinic Jewish works of ethics and moral instruction, still studied today, inclu...
17: == Jewish family ethics ==
35: == Prophetic ethics ==

Ethics in the Bible (14269 bytes)
1: ...nnections between the ethics of the Bible and the ethics of some of the great western philosophers.
4: ...ics and post-Enlightenment philosophical study of ethics, nor should one find no correlation at all, eithe...
6: == Ethics in the Hebrew Bible ==
8: ... conduct and obligation. Instead of one system of ethics, many systems have to be recognized and expounded...
18: ...st life. The statutory character of Old Testament ethics is only the formal element, not its essential dis...

Environmental ethics (1494 bytes)
1: '''Environmental ethics''' is the [[Ethics|ethical]] realtionship between [[human beings]] a...
12: *[[Bioethics]]
15: [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Ethics]]

Medical ethics (4635 bytes)
1: '''Medical ethics''' is the discipline of evaluating the merits, ri...
3: ...ave suggested many methods to help evaluate the [[ethics]] of a situation. These methods provide principle...
15: ... Gert]], a philosopher who specializes in medical ethics, propounds a theory that would require us to advo...
19: ...ode_of_Ethics.pdf]] The Body Modification Code of Ethics, originally issued [[April 1]], [[2003]]
23: *Final directives and ethics of resuscitation and the withdrawal of [[life sup...

Virtue ethics (4958 bytes)
1: ...hould try to be. Thus, one of the aims of virtue ethics is to offer an account of the sort of characteris...
3: ==Virtue ethics contrasted with deontology and consequentialism==
5: ...itly contrasted with the dominant method of doing ethics in philosophy, which focuses on [[action (philoso...
7: Virtue ethics, by contrast, focuses on what makes a good person...
11: ...ica]]'' and his ''Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics''. The idea of virtue also plays a prominent rol...

Situated ethics (1126 bytes)
1: ...lanet one lives on is quite important in situated ethics.
3: ... of [[knowledge]], usually based on some situated ethics. All emphasize the actual physical, geographical...
5: See also [[list of ethics topics]]

Journalistic ethics (1569 bytes)
1: '''Journalism ethics''' or '''journalistic ethics''' refers to a set of rules or [[morals]] adopted...
16: *[http://www.spj.org/ethics_code.asp Society of Professional Journalists]
17: ...hicnet/ Databank for European Codes of Journalism Ethics]
21: [[Category:Ethics]]
22: [[Category:Journalism ethics]]

Descriptive ethics (1420 bytes)
1: ...w]] or [[politics]], as contrasted to [[normative ethics]] which deals with what the population ''should''...
8: * [[List of ethics topics]]
9: * [[Meta-ethics]]
12: * [[Simple view of ethics and morals]]
15: [[Category:Ethics]]

Ethics of technology (2273 bytes)
1: '''Ethics of technology''' is a subfield of [[Ethics]] addressing the ethical questions specific to th...
2: ... of [[philosopher]] [[Hans Jonas]] are devoted to ethics of technology.
4: ...since "technology" is merely tool making. Thus, "ethics of technology" refers instead to two basic subdiv...
5: *The ethics involved in the development of new technology -- ...
8: In the former case, ethics of such things as [[computer security]] and [[com...

Legal ethics (814 bytes)
1: '''Legal ethics''' refers to an [[ethical code]] governing those ...
5: While legal codes of ethics differ from place to place, they tend to have som...
7: [[Category:Legal ethics|*]]

Practical Ethics (813 bytes)
1: ... an introduction to applied ethics by modern [[bioethics|bioethical]] [[philosopher]] [[Peter Singer]]. It...

Nicomachean Ethics (1771 bytes)
2: The '''Nicomachean Ethics''' is one of [[Aristotle]]'s great works and disc...
4: ...rimary focus is on individual action. Nicomachean Ethics emphasizes the importance of context to ethical b...
15: ...www.constitution.org/ari/ethic_00.htm Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 350 BC, translated by W. D. Ross.]
17: ...n Ethics] A very complete analysis of Nicomachean Ethics.
19: ...n Ethics Sparknote] A study guide for Nicomachean Ethics.

Meta-ethics (3233 bytes)
1: ...cs will endorse some ethical evaluations. '''Meta-ethics''', on the other hand, seeks to understand <i>the...
11: In the last century, the field of meta-ethics has been dominated by several kinds of theories:
33: ...w.iceion.com/philo/philo.php?page=metaethics Meta-Ethics Collection]
35: [[Category:Meta-ethics]]

Applied ethics (1484 bytes)
1: ...[corporate social responsibility]], or [[business ethics]].
3: The chief difficulty with formal, applied ethics is the potential for disagreement over what const...
7: ...ode]]s, [[arbitration]], [[etiquette]], [[list of ethics topics]]
8: [[Category:Ethics]]

Utilitarian ethics (2436 bytes)
1: ...bility, or the historical/religious principles of ethics that might disagree.)
3: ...ness]]'' in the world. Other forms of utilitarian ethics use other bases for maximization.
5: ...he central idea of the utilitarian theory is that ethics is a reality which can be demonstrated. One can ...
9: ===Utilitarian Bioethics===
11: ...her than advocating use of utilitarianism in [[bioethics]].

Business ethics (17629 bytes)
3: ...[commerce]]. Those who are interested in business ethics examine various kinds of business activities and ...
5: ...s concerned with the foundations of ethics ([[metaethics]]), or with justifying the most basic ethical pri...
9: ...o by definition outside of the domain of business ethics proper.
13: Business ethics is also related to '''[[political economy]],''' w...
15: ==Typical issues in business ethics==

Situational ethics (1686 bytes)
1: ...and may even contradict one another. This view of ethics is similar to [[moral relativism]], and is contra...
3: ...to include numerous situations in which a code of ethics is designed to suit the needs of the situation.
5: The original situational ethics theory was developed by [[Joseph Fletcher]], an E...
7: ..., functional, or ethno-centric values; therefore, ethics must be based on something more persistent than o...
9: [[Situated ethics]] is an entirely different theory in which it is ...

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