Ethical theory is a foundational domain within moral philosophy that systematically investigates the principles determining right from wrong. It encompasses diverse branches including metaethics ...

Conceptual frameworks drawn from theories that have shaped the study of ethics over centuries can help us recognize and describe ethical issues when we encounter them. In this way, a basic grasp of ...

Key points Grasping the basic ideas of the different approaches to ethics can help people be in a better position to make a sound ethical decision. Three approaches to ethics include virtue ethics ...

Striking changes in approach have taken place-from the more-directive teaching of right and wrong, by study and example, to situation ethics, dilemma ethics and other approaches that rationally ...

Ethics: A set of principles of right conduct; a theory or a system of moral values. -- Canadian Dictionary Published June 11, 2001 ...

The "basic debate" in business ethics between shareholder theory and stakeholder theory has underlined the field since its inception, with wide ranging normative, descriptive, and instrumental ...

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 3, No. 1, Justice in Philosophy and Social Science (Mar., 2000), pp. 57-75 (19 pages) In this article, we sketch a new approach to law and ethics. The ...