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Ethics are often considered to be science of studying morality (Figar and Dordevic, 2016) and rules of moral values that is very helpful in making decisions (Tamunomiebi, and Ehior, 2019).
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sub-title of this book do not use those words in that way. It would surely be possible to discuss morality —in my current, restrictive sense — as an introduction to ethics (though I doubt that it would be the best way to get introduced to it); but this is not in fact what this book does.
Ethics is categorized according to three types of inquiry or study: normative ethics, meta-ethics, and descriptive ethics. The first approach, normative ethics, is an attempt to decide or prescribe values, behaviors, and ways of being that are right or wrong, good or bad, admirable or deplorable.
An anthology with contributions sceptical of moral theory (moral principles) in ethics is Stanley G. Clarke and Evan Simpson (eds), Anti-Theory in Ethics and Moral Conservatism (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1989).
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Ethics studies morality. Morality is a term used to cover those practices and activities that are considered importantly right and wrong; the rules that govern those activities; and the values that are embedded, fostered, or pursued by those activities and practices.
This book contains the key topics in the appropriate depth suitable for a lower-level introduction to ethics course. The coverage of subjectivism, relativism, and divine command theory provide the necessary early discussions which lay the foundation for later discussions.
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This book examines the central questions of ethics through a study of theories of right and wrong that are found in the great ethical works of Western philosophy.
