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Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". Ethics FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Branchofphilosophyconcerningrightandwrongconduct Forotheruses,seeEthics(disambiguation). 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Threemajorareasofstudywithinethicsrecognizedtodayare:[2] Meta-ethics,concerningthetheoreticalmeaningandreferenceofmoralpropositions,andhowtheirtruthvalues(ifany)canbedetermined; Normativeethics,concerningthepracticalmeansofdeterminingamoralcourseofaction; Appliedethics,concerningwhatapersonisobligated(orpermitted)todoinaspecificsituationoraparticulardomainofaction.[2] Contents 1History 2Definingethics 3Meta-ethics 3.1Moralskepticism 4Normativeethics 4.1Virtueethics 4.1.1Stoicism 4.1.2Contemporaryvirtueethics 4.2Intuitiveethics 4.3Hedonism 4.3.1Cyrenaichedonism 4.3.2Epicureanism 4.4Stateconsequentialism 4.5Consequentialism 4.5.1Utilitarianism 4.6Deontology 4.6.1Kantianism 4.6.2Divinecommandtheory 4.6.3Discourseethics 4.7Pragmaticethics 4.8Ethicsofcare 4.9Feministmatrixialethics 4.10Roleethics 4.11Anarchistethics 4.12Postmodernethics 5Appliedethics 5.1Specificquestions 5.2Particularfieldsofapplication 5.2.1Bioethics 5.2.2Businessethics 5.2.3Machineethics 5.2.4Militaryethics 5.2.5Politicalethics 5.2.6Publicsectorethics 5.2.7Publicationethics 5.2.8Relationalethics 5.2.9Ethicsofnanotechnologies 5.2.10Ethicsofquantification 5.2.11Animalethics 5.2.12Ethicsoftechnology 6Moralpsychology 6.1Evolutionaryethics 7Descriptiveethics 8Seealso 9Notes 10References 11Furtherreading 12Externallinks History[edit] Mainarticle:Historyofethics Thissectionneedsexpansion.Youcanhelpbyaddingtoit.(December2021) Definingethics[edit] TheEnglishwordethicsisderivedfromtheAncientGreekwordēthikós(ἠθικός),meaning"relatingtoone'scharacter",whichitselfcomesfromtherootwordêthos(ἦθος)meaning"character,moralnature".[5]ThiswordwastransferredintoLatinasethicaandthenintoFrenchaséthique,fromwhichitwastransferredintoEnglish. RushworthKidderstatesthat"standarddefinitionsofethicshavetypicallyincludedsuchphrasesas'thescienceoftheidealhumancharacter'or'thescienceofmoralduty'".[6]RichardWilliamPaulandLindaElderdefineethicsas"asetofconceptsandprinciplesthatguideusindeterminingwhatbehaviorhelpsorharmssentientcreatures".[7]TheCambridgeDictionaryofPhilosophystatesthattheword"ethics"is"commonlyusedinterchangeablywith'morality' ...andsometimesitisusedmorenarrowlytomeanthemoralprinciplesofaparticulartradition,grouporindividual."[8]PaulandElderstatethatmostpeopleconfuseethicswithbehavinginaccordancewithsocialconventions,religiousbeliefs,thelaw,anddonottreatethicsasastand-aloneconcept.[9] ThewordethicsinEnglishreferstoseveralthings.[10]Itcanrefertophilosophicalethicsormoralphilosophy—aprojectthatattemptstousereasontoanswervariouskindsofethicalquestions.AstheEnglishmoralphilosopherBernardWilliamswrites,attemptingtoexplainmoralphilosophy:"Whatmakesaninquiryaphilosophicaloneisreflectivegeneralityandastyleofargumentthatclaimstoberationallypersuasive."[11]Williamsdescribesthecontentofthisareaofinquiryasaddressingtheverybroadquestion,"howoneshouldlive".[12]Ethicscanalsorefertoacommonhumanabilitytothinkaboutethicalproblemsthatisnotparticulartophilosophy.AsbioethicistLarryChurchillhaswritten:"Ethics,understoodasthecapacitytothinkcriticallyaboutmoralvaluesanddirectouractionsintermsofsuchvalues,isagenerichumancapacity."[13] Meta-ethics[edit] Mainarticle:Meta-ethics Meta-ethicsisthebranchofphilosophicalethicsthataskshowweunderstand,knowabout,andwhatwemeanwhenwetalkaboutwhatisrightandwhatiswrong.[14]Anethicalquestionpertainingtoaparticularpracticalsituation—suchas,"ShouldIeatthisparticularpieceofchocolatecake?"—cannotbeameta-ethicalquestion(rather,thisisanappliedethicalquestion).Ameta-ethicalquestionisabstractandrelatestoawiderangeofmorespecificpracticalquestions.Forexample,"Isiteverpossibletohaveasecureknowledgeofwhatisrightandwrong?"isameta-ethicalquestion. Meta-ethicshasalwaysaccompaniedphilosophicalethics.Forexample,Aristotleimpliesthatlesspreciseknowledgeispossibleinethicsthaninotherspheresofinquiry,andheregardsethicalknowledgeasdependinguponhabitandacculturationinawaythatmakesitdistinctivefromotherkindsofknowledge.Meta-ethicsisalsoimportantinG.E.Moore'sPrincipiaEthicafrom1903.Inithefirstwroteaboutwhathecalledthenaturalisticfallacy.Moorewasseentorejectnaturalisminethics,inhisopen-questionargument.Thismadethinkerslookagainatsecondorderquestionsaboutethics.Earlier,theScottishphilosopherDavidHumehadputforwardasimilarviewonthedifferencebetweenfactsandvalues. Studiesofhowweknowinethicsdivideintocognitivismandnon-cognitivism;these,respectively,takedescriptiveandnon-descriptiveapproachestomoralgoodnessorvalue.Non-cognitivismistheviewthatwhenwejudgesomethingasmorallyrightorwrong,thisisneithertruenorfalse.Wemay,forexample,beonlyexpressingouremotionalfeelingsaboutthesethings.[15]Cognitivismcanthenbeseenastheclaimthatwhenwetalkaboutrightandwrong,wearetalkingaboutmattersoffact. Theontologyofethicsisaboutvalue-bearingthingsorproperties,thatis,thekindofthingsorstuffreferredtobyethicalpropositions.Non-descriptivistsandnon-cognitivistsbelievethatethicsdoesnotneedaspecificontologysinceethicalpropositionsdonotrefer.Thisisknownasananti-realistposition.Realists,ontheotherhand,mustexplainwhatkindofentities,propertiesorstatesarerelevantforethics,howtheyhavevalue,andwhytheyguideandmotivateouractions.[16] Moralskepticism[edit] Mainarticle:Moralskepticism Moralskepticism(ormoralscepticism)isaclassofmetaethicaltheoriesinwhichallmembersentailthatnoonehasanymoralknowledge.Manymoralskepticsalsomakethestronger,modalclaimthatmoralknowledgeisimpossible.Moralskepticismisparticularlyagainstmoralrealismwhichholdstheviewthatthereareknowableandobjectivemoraltruths. SomeproponentsofmoralskepticismincludePyrrho,Aenesidemus,SextusEmpiricus,DavidHume,MaxStirner,FriedrichNietzsche,andJ.L.Mackie. Moralskepticismisdividedintothreesub-classes: Moralerrortheory(ormoralnihilism). Epistemologicalmoralskepticism. Non-cognitivism.[17] Allofthesethreetheoriessharethesameconclusions,whichareasfollows: (a)weareneverjustifiedinbelievingthatmoralclaims(claimsoftheform"stateofaffairsxisgood,""actionyismorallyobligatory,"etc.)aretrueand,evenmoreso (b)weneverknowthatanymoralclaimistrue. However,eachmethodarrivesat(a)and(b)bydifferentroutes. Moralerrortheoryholdsthatwedonotknowthatanymoralclaimistruebecause (i)allmoralclaimsarefalse, (ii)wehavereasontobelievethatallmoralclaimsarefalse,and (iii)sincewearenotjustifiedinbelievinganyclaimwehavereasontodeny,wearenotjustifiedinbelievinganymoralclaims. Epistemologicalmoralskepticismisasubclassoftheory,themembersofwhichincludePyrrhonianmoralskepticismanddogmaticmoralskepticism.Allmembersofepistemologicalmoralskepticismsharetwothings:first,theyacknowledgethatweareunjustifiedinbelievinganymoralclaim,andsecond,theyareagnosticonwhether(i)istrue(i.e.onwhetherallmoralclaimsarefalse). Pyrrhonianmoralskepticismholdsthatthereasonweareunjustifiedinbelievinganymoralclaimisthatitisirrationalforustobelieveeitherthatanymoralclaimistrueorthatanymoralclaimisfalse.Thus,inadditiontobeingagnosticonwhether(i)istrue,Pyrrhonianmoralskepticismdenies(ii). Dogmaticmoralskepticism,ontheotherhand,affirms(ii)andcites(ii)'struthasthereasonweareunjustifiedinbelievinganymoralclaim. Noncognitivismholdsthatwecanneverknowthatanymoralclaimistruebecausemoralclaimsareincapableofbeingtrueorfalse(theyarenottruth-apt).Instead,moralclaimsareimperatives(e.g."Don'tstealbabies!"),expressionsofemotion(e.g."stealingbabies:Boo!"),orexpressionsof"pro-attitudes"("Idonotbelievethatbabiesshouldbestolen.") Normativeethics[edit] Mainarticle:Normativeethics Normativeethicsisthestudyofethicalaction.Itisthebranchofethicsthatinvestigatesthesetofquestionsthatarisewhenconsideringhowoneoughttoact,morallyspeaking.Normativeethicsisdistinctfrommeta-ethicsbecausenormativeethicsexaminesstandardsfortherightnessandwrongnessofactions,whilemeta-ethicsstudiesthemeaningofmorallanguageandthemetaphysicsofmoralfacts.[14]Normativeethicsisalsodistinctfromdescriptiveethics,asthelatterisanempiricalinvestigationofpeople'smoralbeliefs.Toputitanotherway,descriptiveethicswouldbeconcernedwithdeterminingwhatproportionofpeoplebelievethatkillingisalwayswrong,whilenormativeethicsisconcernedwithwhetheritiscorrecttoholdsuchabelief.Hence,normativeethicsissometimescalledprescriptiveratherthandescriptive.However,oncertainversionsofthemeta-ethicalviewcalledmoralrealism,moralfactsarebothdescriptiveandprescriptiveatthesametime.[18] Traditionally,normativeethics(alsoknownasmoraltheory)wasthestudyofwhatmakesactionsrightandwrong.Thesetheoriesofferedanoverarchingmoralprincipleonecouldappealtoinresolvingdifficultmoraldecisions. Attheturnofthe20thcentury,moraltheoriesbecamemorecomplexandwerenolongerconcernedsolelywithrightnessandwrongness,butwereinterestedinmanydifferentkindsofmoralstatus.Duringthemiddleofthecentury,thestudyofnormativeethicsdeclinedasmeta-ethicsgrewinprominence.Thisfocusonmeta-ethicswasinpartcausedbyanintenselinguisticfocusinanalyticphilosophyandbythepopularityoflogicalpositivism. Virtueethics[edit] Mainarticle:Virtueethics Socrates Virtueethicsdescribesthecharacterofamoralagentasadrivingforceforethicalbehavior,anditisusedtodescribetheethicsofearlyGreekphilosopherssuchasSocratesandAristotle,andancientIndianphilosopherssuchasValluvar.Socrates(469–399BC)wasoneofthefirstGreekphilosopherstoencouragebothscholarsandthecommoncitizentoturntheirattentionfromtheoutsideworldtotheconditionofhumankind.Inthisview,knowledgebearingonhumanlifewasplacedhighest,whileallotherknowledgewassecondary.Self-knowledgewasconsiderednecessaryforsuccessandinherentlyanessentialgood.Aself-awarepersonwillactcompletelywithinhiscapabilitiestohispinnacle,whileanignorantpersonwillflounderandencounterdifficulty.ToSocrates,apersonmustbecomeawareofeveryfact(anditscontext)relevanttohisexistence,ifhewishestoattainself-knowledge.Hepositedthatpeoplewillnaturallydowhatisgoodiftheyknowwhatisright.Evilorbadactionsaretheresultsofignorance.Ifacriminalwastrulyawareoftheintellectualandspiritualconsequencesofhisorheractions,heorshewouldneithercommitnorevenconsidercommittingthoseactions.Anypersonwhoknowswhatistrulyrightwillautomaticallydoit,accordingtoSocrates.Whilehecorrelatedknowledgewithvirtue,hesimilarlyequatedvirtuewithjoy.Thetrulywisemanwillknowwhatisright,dowhatisgood,andthereforebehappy.[19]: 32–33  Aristotle(384–323 BC)positedanethicalsystemthatmaybetermed"virtuous".InAristotle'sview,whenapersonactsinaccordancewithvirtuethispersonwilldogoodandbecontent.Unhappinessandfrustrationarecausedbydoingwrong,leadingtofailedgoalsandapoorlife.Therefore,itisimperativeforpeopletoactinaccordancewithvirtue,whichisonlyattainablebythepracticeofthevirtuesinordertobecontentandcomplete.Happinesswasheldtobetheultimategoal.Allotherthings,suchasciviclifeorwealth,wereonlymadeworthwhileandofbenefitwhenemployedinthepracticeofthevirtues.Thepracticeofthevirtuesisthesurestpathtohappiness.Aristotleassertedthatthesoulofmanhadthreenatures[citationneeded]:body(physical/metabolism),animal(emotional/appetite),andrational(mental/conceptual).Physicalnaturecanbeassuagedthroughexerciseandcare;emotionalnaturethroughindulgenceofinstinctandurges;andmentalnaturethroughhumanreasonanddevelopedpotential.Rationaldevelopmentwasconsideredthemostimportant,asessentialtophilosophicalself-awareness,andasuniquelyhuman.Moderationwasencouraged,withtheextremesseenasdegradedandimmoral.Forexample,courageisthemoderatevirtuebetweentheextremesofcowardiceandrecklessness.Manshouldnotsimplylive,butlivewellwithconductgovernedbyvirtue.Thisisregardedasdifficult,asvirtuedenotesdoingtherightthing,intherightway,attherighttime,fortherightreason. Valluvar(before5thcenturyCE)keepsvirtue,oraṟam(dharma)ashecallsit,asthecornerstonethroughoutthewritingoftheKuralliterature.[20]Whilereligiousscripturesgenerallyconsideraṟamasdivineinnature,Valluvardescribesitasawayofliferatherthananyspiritualobservance,awayofharmoniouslivingthatleadstouniversalhappiness.[21]Contrarytowhatothercontemporaryworkssay,Valluvarholdsthataṟamiscommonforall,irrespectiveofwhetherthepersonisabearerofpalanquinortheriderinit.Valluvarconsideredjusticeasafacetofaṟam.WhileancientGreekphilosopherssuchasPlato,Aristotle,andtheirdescendantsopinedthatjusticecannotbedefinedandthatitwasadivinemystery,Valluvarpositivelysuggestedthatadivineoriginisnotrequiredtodefinetheconceptofjustice.InthewordsofV.R.Nedunchezhiyan,justiceaccordingtoValluvar"dwellsinthemindsofthosewhohaveknowledgeofthestandardofrightandwrong;sotoodeceitdwellsinthemindswhichbreedfraud."[21] Stoicism[edit] Mainarticle:Stoicism Epictetus TheStoicphilosopherEpictetuspositedthatthegreatestgoodwascontentmentandserenity.Peaceofmind,orapatheia,wasofthehighestvalue;self-masteryoverone'sdesiresandemotionsleadstospiritualpeace.The"unconquerablewill"iscentraltothisphilosophy.Theindividual'swillshouldbeindependentandinviolate.Allowingapersontodisturbthementalequilibriumis,inessence,offeringyourselfinslavery.Ifapersonisfreetoangeryouatwill,youhavenocontroloveryourinternalworld,andthereforenofreedom.Freedomfrommaterialattachmentsisalsonecessary.Ifathingbreaks,thepersonshouldnotbeupset,butrealizeitwasathingthatcouldbreak.Similarly,ifsomeoneshoulddie,thoseclosetothemshouldholdtotheirserenitybecausethelovedonewasmadeoffleshandblooddestinedtodeath.Stoicphilosophysaystoacceptthingsthatcannotbechanged,resigningoneselftotheexistenceandenduringinarationalfashion.Deathisnotfeared.Peopledonot"lose"theirlife,butinstead"return",fortheyarereturningtoGod(whoinitiallygavewhatthepersonisasaperson).Epictetussaiddifficultproblemsinlifeshouldnotbeavoided,butratherembraced.Theyarespiritualexercisesneededforthehealthofthespirit,justasphysicalexerciseisrequiredforthehealthofthebody.Healsostatedthatsexandsexualdesirearetobeavoidedasthegreatestthreattotheintegrityandequilibriumofaman'smind.Abstinenceishighlydesirable.Epictetussaidremainingabstinentinthefaceoftemptationwasavictoryforwhichamancouldbeproud.[19]: 38–41  Contemporaryvirtueethics[edit] Modernvirtueethicswaspopularizedduringthelate20thcenturyinlargepartduetoarevivalofAristotelianism,andasaresponsetoG.E.M.Anscombe's"ModernMoralPhilosophy".Anscombearguesthatconsequentialistanddeontologicalethicsareonlyfeasibleasuniversaltheoriesifthetwoschoolsgroundthemselvesindivinelaw.AsadeeplydevotedChristianherself,Anscombeproposedthateitherthosewhodonotgiveethicalcredencetonotionsofdivinelawtakeupvirtueethics,whichdoesnotnecessitateuniversallawsasagentsthemselvesareinvestigatedforvirtueorviceandheldupto"universalstandards",orthatthosewhowishtobeutilitarianorconsequentialistgroundtheirtheoriesinreligiousconviction.[22]AlasdairMacIntyre,whowrotethebookAfterVirtue,wasakeycontributorandproponentofmodernvirtueethics,althoughsomeclaimthatMacIntyresupportsarelativisticaccountofvirtuebasedonculturalnorms,notobjectivestandards.[22]MarthaNussbaum,acontemporaryvirtueethicist,objectstoMacIntyre'srelativism,amongthatofothers,andrespondstorelativistobjectionstoformanobjectiveaccountinherwork"Non-RelativeVirtues:AnAristotelianApproach".[23]However,Nussbaum'saccusationofrelativismappearstobeamisreading.InWhoseJustice,WhoseRationality?,MacIntyre'sambitionoftakingarationalpathbeyondrelativismwasquiteclearwhenhestated"rivalclaimsmadebydifferenttraditions[…]aretobeevaluated[…]withoutrelativism"(p. 354)becauseindeed"rationaldebatebetweenandrationalchoiceamongrivaltraditionsispossible”(p. 352).CompleteConductPrinciplesforthe21stCentury[24]blendedtheEasternvirtueethicsandtheWesternvirtueethics,withsomemodificationstosuitthe21stCentury,andformedapartofcontemporaryvirtueethics.[24] MortimerJ.AdlerdescribedAristotle'sNicomacheanEthicsasa"uniquebookintheWesterntraditionofmoralphilosophy,theonlyethicsthatissound,practical,andundogmatic."[25] OnemajortrendincontemporaryvirtueethicsistheModernStoicismmovement. Intuitiveethics[edit] Mainarticle:Ethicalintuitionism Ethicalintuitionism(alsocalledmoralintuitionism)isafamilyofviewsinmoralepistemology(and,onsomedefinitions,metaphysics).Atminimum,ethicalintuitionismisthethesisthatourintuitiveawarenessofvalue,orintuitiveknowledgeofevaluativefacts,formsthefoundationofourethicalknowledge. Theviewisatitscoreafoundationalismaboutmoralknowledge:itistheviewthatsomemoraltruthscanbeknownnon-inferentially(i.e.,knownwithoutoneneedingtoinferthemfromothertruthsonebelieves).Suchanepistemologicalviewimpliesthattherearemoralbeliefswithpropositionalcontents;soitimpliescognitivism.Assuch,ethicalintuitionismistobecontrastedwithcoherentistapproachestomoralepistemology,suchasthosethatdependonreflectiveequilibrium.[26] Throughoutthephilosophicalliterature,theterm"ethicalintuitionism"isfrequentlyusedwithsignificantvariationinitssense.Thisarticle'sfocusonfoundationalismreflectsthecorecommitmentsofcontemporaryself-identifiedethicalintuitionists.[26][27] Sufficientlybroadlydefined,ethicalintuitionismcanbetakentoencompasscognitivistformsofmoralsensetheory.[28]Itisusuallyfurthermoretakenasessentialtoethicalintuitionismthattherebeself-evidentorapriorimoralknowledge;thiscountsagainstconsideringmoralsensetheorytobeaspeciesofintuitionism.(SeetheRationalintuitionversusmoralsensesectionofthisarticleforfurtherdiscussion.) EthicalintuitionismwasfirstclearlyshowninusebythephilosopherFrancisHutcheson.LaterethicalintuitionistsofinfluenceandnoteincludeHenrySidgwick,G.E.Moore,HaroldArthurPrichard,C.S.Lewisand,mostinfluentially,RobertAudi. Objectionstoethicalintuitionismincludewhetherornotthereareobjectivemoralvalues(anassumptionwhichtheethicalsystemisbasedupon)thequestionofwhymanydisagreeoverethicsiftheyareabsolute,andwhetherOccam'srazorcancelssuchatheoryoutentirely. Hedonism[edit] Mainarticle:Hedonism Hedonismpositsthattheprincipalethicismaximizingpleasureandminimizingpain.ThereareseveralschoolsofHedonistthoughtrangingfromthoseadvocatingtheindulgenceofevenmomentarydesirestothoseteachingapursuitofspiritualbliss.Intheirconsiderationofconsequences,theyrangefromthoseadvocatingself-gratificationregardlessofthepainandexpensetoothers,tothosestatingthatthemostethicalpursuitmaximizespleasureandhappinessforthemostpeople.[19]: 37  Cyrenaichedonism[edit] FoundedbyAristippusofCyrene,Cyrenaicssupportedimmediategratificationorpleasure."Eat,drinkandbemerry,fortomorrowwedie."Evenfleetingdesiresshouldbeindulged,forfeartheopportunityshouldbeforeverlost.Therewaslittletonoconcernwiththefuture,thepresentdominatinginthepursuitofimmediatepleasure.Cyrenaichedonismencouragedthepursuitofenjoymentandindulgencewithouthesitation,believingpleasuretobetheonlygood.[19]: 37  Epicureanism[edit] Mainarticle:Epicureanism Epicureanethicsisahedonistformofvirtueethics.Epicurus"presentedasustainedargumentthatpleasure,correctlyunderstood,willcoincidewithvirtue."[29]HerejectedtheextremismoftheCyrenaics,believingsomepleasuresandindulgencestobedetrimentaltohumanbeings.Epicureansobservedthatindiscriminateindulgencesometimesresultedinnegativeconsequences.Someexperienceswerethereforerejectedoutofhand,andsomeunpleasantexperiencesenduredinthepresenttoensureabetterlifeinthefuture.ToEpicurus,thesummumbonum,orgreatestgood,wasprudence,exercisedthroughmoderationandcaution.Excessiveindulgencecanbedestructivetopleasureandcanevenleadtopain.Forexample,eatingonefoodtoooftenmakesapersonloseatasteforit.Eatingtoomuchfoodatonceleadstodiscomfortandill-health.Painandfearweretobeavoided.Livingwasessentiallygood,barringpainandillness.Deathwasnottobefeared.Fearwasconsideredthesourceofmostunhappiness.Conqueringthefearofdeathwouldnaturallyleadtoahappierlife.Epicurusreasonediftherewereanafterlifeandimmortality,thefearofdeathwasirrational.Iftherewasnolifeafterdeath,thenthepersonwouldnotbealivetosuffer,fear,orworry;hewouldbenon-existentindeath.Itisirrationaltofretovercircumstancesthatdonotexist,suchasone'sstateofdeathintheabsenceofanafterlife.[19]: 37–38  Stateconsequentialism[edit] Mainarticle:Stateconsequentialism Stateconsequentialism,alsoknownasMohistconsequentialism,[30]isanethicaltheorythatevaluatesthemoralworthofanactionbasedonhowmuchitcontributestothebasicgoodsofastate.[30]TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophydescribesMohistconsequentialism,datingbacktothe5thcenturyBC,as"aremarkablysophisticatedversionbasedonapluralityofintrinsicgoodstakenasconstitutiveofhumanwelfare".[31]Unlikeutilitarianism,whichviewspleasureasamoralgood,"thebasicgoodsinMohistconsequentialistthinkingare …order,materialwealth,andincreaseinpopulation".[32]DuringMozi'sera,warandfamineswerecommon,andpopulationgrowthwasseenasamoralnecessityforaharmonioussociety.The"materialwealth"ofMohistconsequentialismreferstobasicneedslikeshelterandclothing,andthe"order"ofMohistconsequentialismreferstoMozi'sstanceagainstwarfareandviolence,whichheviewedaspointlessandathreattosocialstability.[33] StanfordsinologistDavidShepherdNivison,inTheCambridgeHistoryofAncientChina,writesthatthemoralgoodsofMohism"areinterrelated:morebasicwealth,thenmorereproduction;morepeople,thenmoreproductionandwealth …ifpeoplehaveplenty,theywouldbegood,filial,kind,andsoonunproblematically."[32]TheMohistsbelievedthatmoralityisbasedon"promotingthebenefitofallunderheavenandeliminatingharmtoallunderheaven".IncontrasttoBentham'sviews,stateconsequentialismisnotutilitarianbecauseitisnothedonisticorindividualistic.Theimportanceofoutcomesthataregoodforthecommunityoutweighstheimportanceofindividualpleasureandpain.[34] Consequentialism[edit] Mainarticle:Consequentialism Seealso:Ethicalegoism Consequentialismreferstomoraltheoriesthatholdtheconsequencesofaparticularactionformthebasisforanyvalidmoraljudgmentaboutthataction(orcreateastructureforjudgment,seeruleconsequentialism).Thus,fromaconsequentialiststandpoint,morallyrightactionisonethatproducesagoodoutcome,orconsequence.Thisviewisoftenexpressedastheaphorism"Theendsjustifythemeans". Theterm"consequentialism"wascoinedbyG.E.M.Anscombeinheressay"ModernMoralPhilosophy"in1958,todescribewhatshesawasthecentralerrorofcertainmoraltheories,suchasthosepropoundedbyMillandSidgwick.[35]Sincethen,thetermhasbecomecommoninEnglish-languageethicaltheory. Thedefiningfeatureofconsequentialistmoraltheoriesistheweightgiventotheconsequencesinevaluatingtherightnessandwrongnessofactions.[36]Inconsequentialisttheories,theconsequencesofanactionorrulegenerallyoutweighotherconsiderations.Apartfromthisbasicoutline,thereislittleelsethatcanbeunequivocallysaidaboutconsequentialismassuch.However,therearesomequestionsthatmanyconsequentialisttheoriesaddress: Whatsortofconsequencescountasgoodconsequences? Whoistheprimarybeneficiaryofmoralaction? Howaretheconsequencesjudgedandwhojudgesthem? Onewaytodividevariousconsequentialismsisbythemanytypesofconsequencesthataretakentomattermost,thatis,whichconsequencescountasgoodstatesofaffairs.Accordingtoutilitarianism,agoodactionisonethatresultsinanincreaseandpositiveeffect,andthebestactionisonethatresultsinthateffectforthegreatestnumber.Closelyrelatediseudaimonicconsequentialism,accordingtowhichafull,flourishinglife,whichmayormaynotbethesameasenjoyingagreatdealofpleasure,istheultimateaim.Similarly,onemightadoptanaestheticconsequentialism,inwhichtheultimateaimistoproducebeauty.However,onemightfixonnon-psychologicalgoodsastherelevanteffect.Thus,onemightpursueanincreaseinmaterialequalityorpoliticallibertyinsteadofsomethinglikethemoreephemeral"pleasure".Othertheoriesadoptapackageofseveralgoods,alltobepromotedequally.Whetheraparticularconsequentialisttheoryfocusesonasinglegoodormany,conflictsandtensionsbetweendifferentgoodstatesofaffairsaretobeexpectedandmustbeadjudicated. Utilitarianism[edit] Mainarticle:Utilitarianism JeremyBentham JohnStuartMill Utilitarianismisanethicaltheorythatarguesthepropercourseofactionisonethatmaximizesapositiveeffect,suchas"happiness","welfare",ortheabilitytoliveaccordingtopersonalpreferences.[37]JeremyBenthamandJohnStuartMillareinfluentialproponentsofthisschoolofthought.InAFragmentonGovernmentBenthamsays'itisthegreatesthappinessofthegreatestnumberthatisthemeasureofrightandwrong'anddescribesthisasafundamentalaxiom.InAnIntroductiontothePrinciplesofMoralsandLegislationhetalksof'theprincipleofutility'butlaterprefers"thegreatesthappinessprinciple".[38][39] Utilitarianismistheparadigmaticexampleofaconsequentialistmoraltheory.Thisformofutilitarianismholdsthatthemorallycorrectactionistheonethatproducesthebestoutcomeforallpeopleaffectedbytheaction.JohnStuartMill,inhisexpositionofutilitarianism,proposedahierarchyofpleasures,meaningthatthepursuitofcertainkindsofpleasureismorehighlyvaluedthanthepursuitofotherpleasures.[40]OthernoteworthyproponentsofutilitarianismareneuroscientistSamHarris,authorofTheMoralLandscape,andmoralphilosopherPeterSinger,authorof,amongstotherworks,PracticalEthics. Themajordivisionwithinutilitarianismisbetweenactutilitarianismandruleutilitarianism.Inactutilitarianism,theprincipleofutilityappliesdirectlytoeachalternativeactinasituationofchoice.Therightactistheonethatbringsaboutthebestresults(ortheleastbadresults).Inruleutilitarianism,theprincipleofutilitydeterminesthevalidityofrulesofconduct(moralprinciples).Arulelikepromise-keepingisestablishedbylookingattheconsequencesofaworldinwhichpeoplebreakpromisesatwillandaworldinwhichpromisesarebinding.Rightandwrongarethefollowingorbreakingofrulesthataresanctionedbytheirutilitarianvalue.[41]Aproposed"middleground"betweenthesetwotypesisTwo-levelutilitarianism,whererulesareappliedinordinarycircumstances,butwithanallowancetochooseactionsoutsideofsuchruleswhenunusualsituationscallforit. Deontology[edit] Mainarticle:Deontologicalethics Deontologicalethicsordeontology(fromGreekδέον,deon,"obligation,duty";and-λογία,-logia)isanapproachtoethicsthatdeterminesgoodnessorrightnessfromexaminingacts,ortherulesanddutiesthatthepersondoingtheactstrovetofulfill.[42]Thisisincontrasttoconsequentialism,inwhichrightnessisbasedontheconsequencesofanact,andnottheactbyitself.Underdeontology,anactmaybeconsideredrightevenifitproducesabadconsequence,[43]ifitfollowstheruleormorallaw.Accordingtothedeontologicalview,peoplehaveadutytoactinwaysthataredeemedinherentlygood("truth-telling"forexample),orfollowanobjectivelyobligatoryrule(asinruleutilitarianism). Kantianism[edit] ImmanuelKant Mainarticle:Kantianethics ImmanuelKant'stheoryofethicsisconsidereddeontologicalforseveraldifferentreasons.[44][45]First,Kantarguesthattoactinthemorallyrightway,peoplemustactfromduty(Pflicht).[46]Second,Kantarguedthatitwasnottheconsequencesofactionsthatmakethemrightorwrongbutthemotivesofthepersonwhocarriesouttheaction. Kant'sargumentthattoactinthemorallyrightwayonemustactpurelyfromdutybeginswithanargumentthatthehighestgoodmustbebothgoodinitselfandgoodwithoutqualification.[47]Somethingis"goodinitself"whenitisintrinsicallygood,and"goodwithoutqualification",whentheadditionofthatthingnevermakesasituationethicallyworse.Kantthenarguesthatthosethingsthatareusuallythoughttobegood,suchasintelligence,perseveranceandpleasure,failtobeeitherintrinsicallygoodorgoodwithoutqualification.Pleasure,forexample,appearsnottobegoodwithoutqualification,becausewhenpeopletakepleasureinwatchingsomeonesuffer,thisseemstomakethesituationethicallyworse.Heconcludesthatthereisonlyonethingthatistrulygood: Nothingintheworld—indeednothingevenbeyondtheworld—canpossiblybeconceivedwhichcouldbecalledgoodwithoutqualificationexceptagoodwill.[47]Kantthenarguesthattheconsequencesofanactofwillingcannotbeusedtodeterminethatthepersonhasagoodwill;goodconsequencescouldarisebyaccidentfromanactionthatwasmotivatedbyadesiretocauseharmtoaninnocentperson,andbadconsequencescouldarisefromanactionthatwaswell-motivated.Instead,heclaims,apersonhasgoodwillwhenhe'actsoutofrespectforthemorallaw'.[47]People'actoutofrespectforthemorallaw'whentheyactinsomewaybecausetheyhaveadutytodoso.So,theonlythingthatistrulygoodinitselfisgoodwill,andgoodwillisonlygoodwhenthewillerchoosestodosomethingbecauseitisthatperson'sduty,i.e.outof"respect"forthelaw.Hedefinesrespectas"theconceptofaworthwhichthwartsmyself-love".[48] Kant'sthreesignificantformulationsofthecategoricalimperativeare: Actonlyaccordingtothatmaximbywhichyoucanalsowillthatitwouldbecomeauniversallaw. Actinsuchawaythatyoualwaystreathumanity,whetherinyourownpersonorinthepersonofanyother,neversimplyasameans,butalwaysatthesametimeasanend. Everyrationalbeingmustsoactasifhewerethroughhismaximalwaysalegislatingmemberinauniversalkingdomofends. Kantarguedthattheonlyabsolutelygoodthingisagoodwill,andsothesingledeterminingfactorofwhetheranactionismorallyrightisthewill,ormotiveofthepersondoingit.Iftheyareactingonabadmaxim,e.g."Iwilllie",thentheiractioniswrong,evenifsomegoodconsequencescomeofit. Inhisessay,OnaSupposedRighttoLieBecauseofPhilanthropicConcerns,arguingagainstthepositionof BenjaminConstant,Desréactionspolitiques,Kantstatesthat"Hencealiedefinedmerelyasanintentionallyuntruthfuldeclarationtoanothermandoesnotrequiretheadditionalconditionthatitmustdoharmtoanother,asjuristsrequireintheirdefinition(mendaciumestfalsiloquiuminpraeiudiciumalterius).Foraliealwaysharmsanother;ifnotsomehumanbeing,thenitneverthelessdoesharmtohumanityingeneral,inasmuchasitvitiatestheverysourceofright[Rechtsquelle]...Allpracticalprinciplesofrightmustcontainrigoroustruth...Thisisbecausesuchexceptionswoulddestroytheuniversalityonaccountofwhichalonetheybearthenameofprinciples."[49] Divinecommandtheory[edit] Mainarticle:Divinecommandtheory Althoughnotalldeontologistsarereligious,somebeliefinthe'divinecommandtheory',whichisactuallyaclusterofrelatedtheorieswhichessentiallystatethatanactionisrightifGodhasdecreedthatitisright.[50]AccordingtoRalphCudworth,anEnglishphilosopher,WilliamofOckham,RenéDescartes,andeighteenth-centuryCalvinistsallacceptedvariousversionsofthismoraltheory,astheyallheldthatmoralobligationsarisefromGod'scommands.[51]TheDivineCommandTheoryisaformofdeontologybecause,accordingtoit,therightnessofanyactiondependsuponthatactionbeingperformedbecauseitisaduty,notbecauseofanygoodconsequencesarisingfromthataction.IfGodcommandspeoplenottoworkonSabbath,thenpeopleactrightlyiftheydonotworkonSabbathbecauseGodhascommandedthattheydonotdoso.IftheydonotworkonSabbathbecausetheyarelazy,thentheiractionisnottrulyspeaking"right",eventhoughtheactualphysicalactionperformedisthesame.IfGodcommandsnottocovetaneighbor'sgoods,thistheoryholdsthatitwouldbeimmoraltodoso,evenifcovetingprovidesthebeneficialoutcomeofadrivetosucceedordowell. OnethingthatclearlydistinguishesKantiandeontologismfromdivinecommanddeontologyisthatKantianismmaintainsthatman,asarationalbeing,makesthemorallawuniversal,whereasdivinecommandmaintainsthatGodmakesthemorallawuniversal. Discourseethics[edit] PhotographofJurgenHabermas,whosetheoryofdiscourseethicswasinfluencedbyKantianethics Mainarticle:Discourseethics GermanphilosopherJürgenHabermashasproposedatheoryofdiscourseethicsthathestatesisadescendantofKantianethics.[52]Heproposesthatactionshouldbebasedoncommunicationbetweenthoseinvolved,inwhichtheirinterestsandintentionsarediscussedsotheycanbeunderstoodbyall.Rejectinganyformofcoercionormanipulation,Habermasbelievesthatagreementbetweenthepartiesiscrucialforamoraldecisiontobereached.[53]LikeKantianethics,discourseethicsisacognitiveethicaltheory,inthatitsupposesthattruthandfalsitycanbeattributedtoethicalpropositions.Italsoformulatesarulebywhichethicalactionscanbedeterminedandproposesthatethicalactionsshouldbeuniversalizable,inasimilarwaytoKant'sethics.[54] HabermasarguesthathisethicaltheoryisanimprovementonKant'sethics.[54]HerejectsthedualisticframeworkofKant'sethics.Kantdistinguishedbetweenthephenomenaworld,whichcanbesensedandexperiencedbyhumans,andthenoumena,orspiritualworld,whichisinaccessibletohumans.ThisdichotomywasnecessaryforKantbecauseitcouldexplaintheautonomyofahumanagent:althoughahumanisboundinthephenomenalworld,theiractionsarefreeinthenoumenalworld.ForHabermas,moralityarisesfromdiscourse,whichismadenecessarybytheirrationalityandneeds,ratherthantheirfreedom.[55] Pragmaticethics[edit] Mainarticle:Pragmaticethics AssociatedwiththepragmatistsCharlesSandersPeirce,WilliamJames,andespeciallyJohnDewey,pragmaticethicsholdsthatmoralcorrectnessevolvessimilarlytoscientificknowledge:sociallyoverthecourseofmanylifetimes.Thus,weshouldprioritizesocialreformoverattemptstoaccountforconsequences,individualvirtueorduty(althoughthesemaybeworthwhileattempts,ifsocialreformisprovidedfor).[56] Ethicsofcare[edit] Mainarticle:Ethicsofcare Careethicscontrastswithmorewell-knownethicalmodels,suchasconsequentialisttheories(e.g.utilitarianism)anddeontologicaltheories(e.g.,Kantianethics)inthatitseekstoincorporatetraditionallyfeminizedvirtuesandvaluesthat—proponentsofcareethicscontend—areabsentinsuchtraditionalmodelsofethics.Thesevaluesincludetheimportanceofempatheticrelationshipsandcompassion. Care-focusedfeminismisabranchoffeministthought,informedprimarilybyethicsofcareasdevelopedbyCarolGilligan[57]andNelNoddings.[58]Thisbodyoftheoryiscriticalofhowcaringissociallyassignedtowomen,andconsequentlydevalued.Theywrite,"Care-focusedfeministsregardwomen'scapacityforcareasahumanstrength,"thatshouldbetaughttoandexpectedofmenaswellaswomen.Noddingsproposesthatethicalcaringhasthepotentialtobeamoreconcreteevaluativemodelofmoraldilemmathananethicofjustice.[59]Noddings’care-focusedfeminismrequirespracticalapplicationofrelationalethics,predicatedonanethicofcare.[60] Feministmatrixialethics[edit] Mainarticle:Feministethics The'metafeminist'theoryofthematrixialgazeandthematrixial[61][62]time-space,coinedanddevelopedBrachaL.Ettingersince1985,[63][64][65][66]articulatesarevolutionaryphilosophicalapproachthat,in"daringtoapproach",touseGriseldaPollock'sdescriptionofEttinger'sethicalturn,[67][68]"theprenatalwiththepre-maternalencounter",violencetowardwomenatwar,andtheShoah,hasphilosophicallyestablishedtherightsofeachfemalesubjectoverherownreproductivebody,andofferedalanguagetorelatetohumanexperienceswhichescapethephallicdomain.[69][70]Thematrixialsphereisapsychicandsymbolicdimensionthatthe'phallic'languageandregulationscannotcontrol.InEttinger'smodel,therelationsbetweenselfandotherareofneitherassimilationnorrejectionbut'coemergence'.InherconversationwithEmmanuelLevinas,1991,EttingerproosesthatthesourceofhumanEthicsisfeminine-maternalandfeminine-pre-maternalmatrixialencounter-event.Sexualityandmaternalitycoexistandarenotincontradiction(thecontradictionestablishedbySigmundFreudandJacquesLacan),andthefeminineisnotanabsolutealterity(thealterityestablishedbyJacquesLacanandEmmanuelLevinas).Withthe'originaryresponse-ability','wit(h)nessing','borderlinking','communicaring','com-passion','seductionintolife'[71][72]andotherprocessesinvestedbyaffectsthatoccurintheEttingerianmatrixialtime-space,thefeminineispresentedasthesourceofhumanizedEthicsinallgenders.CompassionandSeductionintolifeoccursearlierthantheprimaryseductionwhichpassesthroughenigmaticsignalsfromthematernalsexualityaccordingtoJeanLaplanche,sinceitisactivein'coemergence'in'withnessing'foranybornsubject,earliertoitsbirth.EttingersuggeststoEmanuelLevinasintheirconversationsin1991,thatthefeminineunderstoodviathematrixialperspectiveistheheartandthesourceofEthics.[73][74]Atthebeginningoflife,anoriginary'fascinance'feltbytheinfant[75]isrelatedtothepassagefromresponse-abilitytoresponsibility,fromcom-passiontocompassion,andfromwit(h)nessingtowitnessingoperatedandtransmittedbythem/Other.The'differentiationinjointness'thatisattheheartofthematrixialborderspacehasdeepimplicationsintherelationalfield[76] andfortheethicsofcare.[77]Thematrixialtheorythatproposesnewwaystorethinksexualdifferencethroughthefluidityofboundariesinformsaestheticsandethicsofcompassion,carryingandnon-abandonmentin'subjectivityasencounter-event'.[78][79]IthasbecomesignificantinPsychoanalysisandintransgenderstudies.[80] Roleethics[edit] Mainarticle:Roleethics Roleethicsisanethicaltheorybasedonfamilyroles.[81]Unlikevirtueethics,roleethicsisnotindividualistic.Moralityisderivedfromaperson'srelationshipwiththeircommunity.[82]Confucianethicsisanexampleofroleethics[81]thoughthisisnotstraightforwardlyuncontested.[83]Confucianrolescenteraroundtheconceptoffilialpietyorxiao,arespectforfamilymembers.[84]AccordingtoRogerT.AmesandHenryRosemont,"Confuciannormativityisdefinedbylivingone'sfamilyrolestomaximumeffect."Moralityisdeterminedthroughaperson'sfulfillmentofarole,suchasthatofaparentorachild.Confucianrolesarenotrational,andoriginatethroughthexin,orhumanemotions.[82] Anarchistethics[edit] Mainarticle:Anarchism Anarchistethicsisanethicaltheorybasedonthestudiesofanarchistthinkers.ThebiggestcontributortoanarchistethicsisPeterKropotkin. Startingfromthepremisethatthegoalofethicalphilosophyshouldbetohelphumansadaptandthriveinevolutionaryterms,Kropotkin'sethicalframeworkusesbiologyandanthropologyasabasis–inordertoscientificallyestablishwhatwillbestenableagivensocialordertothrivebiologicallyandsocially–andadvocatescertainbehaviouralpracticestoenhancehumanity'scapacityforfreedomandwell-being,namelypracticeswhichemphasisesolidarity,equality,andjustice. Kropotkinarguesthatethicsitselfisevolutionary,andisinheritedasasortofasocialinstinctthroughculturalhistory,andbyso,herejectsanyreligiousandtranscendentalexplanationofmorality.Theoriginofethicalfeelinginbothanimalsandhumanscanbefound,heclaims,inthenaturalfactof"sociality"(mutualisticsymbiosis),whichhumanscanthencombinewiththeinstinctforjustice(i.e.equality)andthenwiththepracticeofreasontoconstructanon-supernaturalandanarchisticsystemofethics.[85]KropotkinsuggeststhattheprincipleofequalityatthecoreofanarchismisthesameastheGoldenrule:Thisprincipleoftreatingothersasonewishestobetreatedoneself,whatisitbuttheverysameprincipleasequality,thefundamentalprincipleofanarchism?Andhowcananyonemanagetobelievehimselfananarchistunlesshepracticesit?Wedonotwishtoberuled.Andbythisveryfact,dowenotdeclarethatweourselveswishtorulenobody?Wedonotwishtobedeceived,wewishalwaystobetoldnothingbutthetruth.Andbythisveryfact,dowenotdeclarethatweourselvesdonotwishtodeceiveanybody,thatwepromisetoalwaystellthetruth,nothingbutthetruth,thewholetruth?Wedonotwishtohavethefruitsofourlaborstolenfromus.Andbythatveryfact,dowenotdeclarethatwerespectthefruitsofothers'labor?Bywhatrightindeedcanwedemandthatweshouldbetreatedinonefashion,reservingittoourselvestotreatothersinafashionentirelydifferent?Oursenseofequalityrevoltsatsuchanidea.[86] Postmodernethics[edit] Mainarticle:Postmodernism Thisarticleorsectionpossiblycontainssynthesisofmaterialwhichdoesnotverifiablymentionorrelatetothemaintopic.Relevantdiscussionmaybefoundonthetalkpage.(July2009)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) AntihumanistssuchasLouisAlthusser,MichelFoucaultandstructuralistssuchasRolandBartheschallengedthepossibilitiesofindividualagencyandthecoherenceofthenotionofthe'individual'itself.Thiswasonthebasisthatpersonalidentitywas,inthemostpart,asocialconstruction.Ascriticaltheorydevelopedinthelater20thcentury,post-structuralismsoughttoproblematizehumanrelationshipstoknowledgeand'objective'reality.JacquesDerridaarguedthataccesstomeaningandthe'real'wasalwaysdeferred,andsoughttodemonstrateviarecoursetothelinguisticrealmthat"thereisnooutside-text/non-text"("iln'yapasdehors-texte"isoftenmistranslatedas"thereisnothingoutsidethetext");atthesametime,JeanBaudrillardtheorisedthatsignsandsymbolsorsimulacramaskreality(andeventuallytheabsenceofrealityitself),particularlyintheconsumerworld. Post-structuralismandpostmodernismarguethatethicsmuststudythecomplexandrelationalconditionsofactions.Asimplealignmentofideasofrightandparticularactsisnotpossible.Therewillalwaysbeanethicalremainderthatcannotbetakenintoaccountoroftenevenrecognized.Suchtheoristsfindnarrative(or,followingNietzscheandFoucault,genealogy)tobeahelpfultoolforunderstandingethicsbecausenarrativeisalwaysaboutparticularlivedexperiencesinalltheircomplexityratherthantheassignmentofanideaornormtoseparateandindividualactions. ZygmuntBaumansayspostmodernityisbestdescribedasmodernitywithoutillusion,theillusionbeingthebeliefthathumanitycanberepairedbysomeethicprinciple.Postmodernitycanbeseeninthislightasacceptingthemessynatureofhumanityasunchangeable.Inthispostmodernworld,themeanstoactcollectivelyandgloballytosolvelarge-scaleproblemshavebeenallbutdiscredited,dismantledorlost.Problemscanbehandledonlylocallyandeachonitsown.Allproblem-handlingmeansbuildingamini-orderattheexpenseoforderelsewhere,andatthecostofrisingglobaldisorderaswellasdepletingtheshrinkingsuppliesofresourceswhichmakeorderingpossible.HeconsidersEmmanuelLevinas'sethicsaspostmodern.UnlikethemodernethicalphilosophywhichleavestheOtherontheoutsideoftheselfasanambivalentpresence,Levinas'sphilosophyreadmitsherasaneighborandasacrucialcharacterintheprocessthroughwhichthemoralselfcomesintoitsown.[87] DavidCouzensHoystatesthatEmmanuelLevinas'swritingsonthefaceoftheOtherandDerrida'smeditationsontherelevanceofdeathtoethicsaresignsofthe"ethicalturn"inContinentalphilosophythatoccurredinthe1980sand1990s.Hoydescribespost-critiqueethicsasthe"obligationsthatpresentthemselvesasnecessarilytobefulfilledbutareneitherforcedononeorareenforceable".[88] Hoy'spost-critiquemodelusesthetermethicalresistance.Examplesofthiswouldbeanindividual'sresistancetoconsumerisminaretreattoasimplerbutperhapsharderlifestyle,oranindividual'sresistancetoaterminalillness.HoydescribesLevinas'saccountas"nottheattempttousepoweragainstitself,ortomobilizesectorsofthepopulationtoexerttheirpoliticalpower;theethicalresistanceisinsteadtheresistanceofthepowerless".[89] Hoyconcludesthat Theethicalresistanceofthepowerlessotherstoourcapacitytoexertpoweroverthemisthereforewhatimposesunenforceableobligationsonus.Theobligationsareunenforceablepreciselybecauseoftheother'slackofpower.Thatactionsareatonceobligatoryandatthesametimeunenforceableiswhatputtheminthecategoryoftheethical.Obligationsthatwereenforcedwould,bythevirtueoftheforcebehindthem,notbefreelyundertakenandwouldnotbeintherealmoftheethical.[90] Appliedethics[edit] Mainarticle:Appliedethics Appliedethicsisadisciplineofphilosophythatattemptstoapplyethicaltheorytoreal-lifesituations.Thedisciplinehasmanyspecializedfields,suchasengineeringethics,bioethics,geoethics,publicserviceethicsandbusinessethics. Specificquestions[edit] Appliedethicsisusedinsomeaspectsofdeterminingpublicpolicy,aswellasbyindividualsfacingdifficultdecisions.Thesortofquestionsaddressedbyappliedethicsinclude:"Isgettinganabortionimmoral?";"Iseuthanasiaimmoral?";"Isaffirmativeactionrightorwrong?";"Whatarehumanrights,andhowdowedeterminethem?";"Doanimalshaverightsaswell?";and"Doindividualshavetherightofself-determination?"[14] Amorespecificquestioncouldbe:"Ifsomeoneelsecanmakebetteroutofhis/herlifethanIcan,isitthenmoraltosacrificemyselfforthemifneeded?"Withoutthesequestions,thereisnoclearfulcrumonwhichtobalancelaw,politics,andthepracticeofarbitration—infact,nocommonassumptionsofallparticipants—sotheabilitytoformulatethequestionsarepriortorightsbalancing.Butnotallquestionsstudiedinappliedethicsconcernpublicpolicy.Forexample,makingethicaljudgmentsregardingquestionssuchas,"Islyingalwayswrong?"and,"Ifnot,whenisitpermissible?"ispriortoanyetiquette. People,ingeneral,aremorecomfortablewithdichotomies(twoopposites).However,inethics,theissuesaremostoftenmultifacetedandthebest-proposedactionsaddressmanydifferentareasconcurrently.Inethicaldecisions,theanswerisalmostnevera"yesorno"ora"rightorwrong"statement.Manybuttonsarepushedsothattheoverallconditionisimprovedandnottothebenefitofanyparticularfaction. Andithasnotonlybeenshownthatpeopleconsiderthecharacterofthemoralagent(i.e.aprincipleimpliedinvirtueethics),thedeedoftheaction(i.e.aprincipleimpliedindeontology),andtheconsequencesoftheaction(i.e.aprincipleimpliedinutilitarianism)whenformulatingmoraljudgments,butmoreoverthattheeffectofeachofthesethreecomponentsdependsonthevalueofeachcomponent.[91] Particularfieldsofapplication[edit] Bioethics[edit] Mainarticle:Bioethics Seealso:IslamicbioethicsandJewishmedicalethics Bioethicsisthestudyofcontroversialethicsbroughtaboutbyadvancesinbiologyandmedicine.Bioethicistsareconcernedwiththeethicalquestionsthatariseintherelationshipsamonglifesciences,biotechnology,medicine,politics,law,andphilosophy.Italsoincludesthestudyofthemorecommonplacequestionsofvalues("theethicsoftheordinary")thatariseinprimarycareandotherbranchesofmedicine. Bioethicsalsoneedstoaddressemergingbiotechnologiesthataffectbasicbiologyandfuturehumans.Thesedevelopmentsincludecloning,genetherapy,humangeneticengineering,astroethicsandlifeinspace,[92]andmanipulationofbasicbiologythroughalteredDNA,RNAandproteins,e.g."threeparentbaby,wherebabyisbornfromgeneticallymodifiedembryos,wouldhaveDNAfromamother,afatherandfromafemaledonor.[93]Correspondingly,newbioethicsalsoneedtoaddresslifeatitscore.Forexample,bioticethicsvalueorganicgene/proteinlifeitselfandseektopropagateit.[94]Withsuchlife-centeredprinciples,ethicsmaysecureacosmologicalfutureforlife.[95] Businessethics[edit] Mainarticle:Businessethics Businessethics(alsocorporateethics)isaformofappliedethicsorprofessionalethicsthatexaminesethicalprinciplesandmoralorethicalproblemsthatariseinabusinessenvironment,includingfieldslikemedicalethics.Businessethicsrepresentsthepracticesthatanyindividualorgroupexhibitswithinanorganizationthatcannegativelyorpositivelyaffectthebusinessescorevalues.Itappliestoallaspectsofbusinessconductandisrelevanttotheconductofindividualsandentireorganizations. Businessethicshasbothnormativeanddescriptivedimensions.Asacorporatepracticeandacareerspecialization,thefieldisprimarilynormative.Academicsattemptingtounderstandbusinessbehavioremploydescriptivemethods.Therangeandquantityofbusinessethicalissuesreflecttheinteractionofprofit-maximizingbehaviorwithnon-economicconcerns.Interestinbusinessethicsaccelerateddramaticallyduringthe1980sand1990s,bothwithinmajorcorporationsandwithinacademia.Forexample,todaymostmajorcorporationspromotetheircommitmenttonon-economicvaluesunderheadingssuchasethicscodesandsocialresponsibilitycharters.AdamSmithsaid,"Peopleofthesametradeseldommeettogether,evenformerrimentanddiversion,buttheconversationendsinaconspiracyagainstthepublic,orinsomecontrivancetoraiseprices."[96]Governmentsuselawsandregulationstopointbusinessbehaviorinwhattheyperceivetobebeneficialdirections.Ethicsimplicitlyregulatesareasanddetailsofbehaviorthatliebeyondgovernmentalcontrol.[97]Theemergenceoflargecorporationswithlimitedrelationshipsandsensitivitytothecommunitiesinwhichtheyoperateacceleratedthedevelopmentofformalethicsregimes.[98][99]Businessethicsalsorelatestounethicalactivitiesofinterorganizationalrelationships,suchasstrategicalliances,buyer-supplierrelationships,orjointventures.Suchunethicalpracticesinclude,forinstance,opportunisticbehaviors,contractviolations,anddeceitfulpractices.[100]Somecorporationshavetriedtoburnishtheirethicalimagebycreatingwhistle-blowerprotections,suchasanonymity.InthecaseofCiti,theycallthistheEthicsHotline,[101]thoughitisunclearwhetherfirmssuchasCititakeoffencesreportedtothesehotlinesseriouslyornot. Machineethics[edit] Mainarticle:Machineethics InMoralMachines:TeachingRobotsRightfromWrong,WendellWallachandColinAllenconcludethatissuesinmachineethicswilllikelydriveadvancementinunderstandingofhumanethicsbyforcingustoaddressgapsinmodernnormativetheoryandbyprovidingaplatformforexperimentalinvestigation.[102]Theefforttoactuallyprogramamachineorartificialagenttobehaveasthoughinstilledwithasenseofethics[103]requiresnewspecificityinournormativetheories,especiallyregardingaspectscustomarilyconsideredcommon-sense.Forexample,machines,unlikehumans,cansupportawideselectionoflearningalgorithms,andcontroversyhasarisenovertherelativeethicalmeritsoftheseoptions.Thismayreopenclassicdebatesofnormativeethicsframedinnew(highlytechnical)terms. Militaryethics[edit] Seealso:GenevaConventionsandNurembergPrinciples Militaryethicsareconcernedwithquestionsregardingtheapplicationofforceandtheethosofthesoldierandareoftenunderstoodasappliedprofessionalethics.[104]Justwartheoryisgenerallyseentosetthebackgroundtermsofmilitaryethics.Howeverindividualcountriesandtraditionshavedifferentfieldsofattention.[105] Militaryethicsinvolvesmultiplesubareas,includingthefollowingamongothers: what,ifany,shouldbethelawsofwar. justificationfortheinitiationofmilitaryforce. decisionsaboutwhomaybetargetedinwarfare. decisionsonchoiceofweaponry,andwhatcollateraleffectssuchweaponrymayhave. standardsforhandlingmilitaryprisoners. methodsofdealingwithviolationsofthelawsofwar. Politicalethics[edit] Mainarticle:Politicalethics Politicalethics(alsoknownaspoliticalmoralityorpublicethics)isthepracticeofmakingmoraljudgementsaboutpoliticalactionandpoliticalagents.[106] Publicsectorethics[edit] Mainarticle:Publicsectorethics Publicsectorethicsisasetofprinciplesthatguidepublicofficialsintheirservicetotheirconstituents,includingtheirdecision-makingonbehalfoftheirconstituents.Fundamentaltotheconceptofpublicsectorethicsisthenotionthatdecisionsandactionsarebasedonwhatbestservesthepublic'sinterests,asopposedtotheofficial'spersonalinterests(includingfinancialinterests)orself-servingpoliticalinterests.[107] Publicationethics[edit] Publicationethicsisthesetofprinciplesthatguidethewritingandpublishingprocessforallprofessionalpublications.Tofollowtheseprinciples,authorsmustverifythatthepublicationdoesnotcontainplagiarismorpublicationbias.[108]Asawaytoavoidmisconductinresearchtheseprinciplescanalsoapplytoexperimentsthatarereferencedoranalyzedinpublicationsbyensuringthedataisrecordedhonestlyandaccurately.[109] Plagiarismisthefailuretogivecredittoanotherauthor'sworkorideas,whenitisusedinthepublication.[110]Itistheobligationoftheeditorofthejournaltoensurethearticledoesnotcontainanyplagiarismbeforeitispublished.[111]Ifapublicationthathasalreadybeenpublishedisproventocontainplagiarism,theeditorofthejournalcanretractthearticle.[112]Anothercriticalpublicationethicsissuepertainstocitationplagiarismwhenresearcherscopyandpastecitationentriesfromotherpublishedworkswithoutreadingtheoriginalsource.[113] Publicationbiasoccurswhenthepublicationisone-sidedor"prejudicedagainstresults".[114]Inbestpractice,anauthorshouldtrytoincludeinformationfromallpartiesinvolved,oraffectedbythetopic.Ifanauthorisprejudicedagainstcertainresults,thanitcan"leadtoerroneousconclusionsbeingdrawn".[115] Misconductinresearchcanoccurwhenanexperimenterfalsifiesresults.[116]Falselyrecordedinformationoccurswhentheresearcher"fakes"informationordata,whichwasnotusedwhenconductingtheactualexperiment.[116]Byfakingthedata,theresearchercanaltertheresultsfromtheexperimenttobetterfitthehypothesistheyoriginallypredicted.Whenconductingmedicalresearch,itisimportanttohonorthehealthcarerightsofapatientbyprotectingtheiranonymityinthepublication.[108] Respectforautonomyistheprinciplethatdecision-makingshouldallowindividualstobeautonomous;theyshouldbeabletomakedecisionsthatapplytotheirownlives.Thismeansthatindividualsshouldhavecontroloftheirlives. Justiceistheprinciplethatdecision-makersmustfocusonactionsthatarefairtothoseaffected.Ethicaldecisionsneedtobeconsistentwiththeethicaltheory.Therearecaseswherethemanagementhasmadedecisionsthatseemtobeunfairtotheemployees,shareholders,andotherstakeholders(Solomon,1992,pp49).Suchdecisionsareunethical. Relationalethics[edit] Relationalethicsarerelatedtoanethicsofcare.[57]: 62–63 Theyareusedinqualitativeresearch,especiallyethnographyandautoethnography.Researcherswhoemployrelationalethicsvalueandrespecttheconnectionbetweenthemselvesandthepeopletheystudy,and"...betweenresearchersandthecommunitiesinwhichtheyliveandwork."(Ellis,2007,p. 4).[117]Relationalethicsalsohelpresearchersunderstanddifficultissuessuchasconductingresearchonintimateothersthathavediedanddevelopingfriendshipswiththeirparticipants.[118][119]Relationalethicsinclosepersonalrelationshipsformacentralconceptofcontextualtherapy. Ethicsofnanotechnologies[edit] Mainarticle:Ethicsofnanotechnologies Ethicsofnanotechnologyisthestudyoftheethicalissuesemergingfromadvancesinnanotechnology. Ethicsofquantification[edit] Mainarticle:Ethicsofquantification Ethicsofquantificationisthestudyoftheethicalissuesassociatedtodifferentformsofvisibleorinvisibleformsofquantification. Animalethics[edit] Mainarticle:Animalethics Animalethicsisatermusedinacademiatodescribehuman-animalrelationshipsandhowanimalsoughttobetreated.Thesubjectmatterincludesanimalrights,animalwelfare,animallaw,speciesism,animalcognition,wildlifeconservation,themoralstatusofnonhumananimals,theconceptofnonhumanpersonhood,humanexceptionalism,thehistoryofanimaluse,andtheoriesofjustice. Ethicsoftechnology[edit] Mainarticle:Ethicsoftechnology Ethicsoftechnologyisasub-fieldofethicsaddressingtheethicalquestionsspecifictotheTechnologyAge.SomeprominentworksofphilosopherHansJonasaredevotedtoethicsoftechnology.Thesubjecthasalsobeenexplored,followingtheworkofMarioBunge,underthetermtechnoethics. Moralpsychology[edit] Mainarticle:Moralpsychology Moralpsychologyisafieldofstudythatbeganasanissueinphilosophyandthatisnowproperlyconsideredpartofthedisciplineofpsychology.Someusetheterm"moralpsychology"relativelynarrowlytorefertothestudyofmoraldevelopment.[120]However,otherstendtousethetermmorebroadlytoincludeanytopicsattheintersectionofethicsandpsychology(andphilosophyofmind).[121]Suchtopicsareonesthatinvolvethemindandarerelevanttomoralissues.Someofthemaintopicsofthefieldaremoralresponsibility,moraldevelopment,moralcharacter(especiallyasrelatedtovirtueethics),altruism,psychologicalegoism,moralluck,andmoraldisagreement.[122] Evolutionaryethics[edit] Mainarticle:Evolutionaryethics Seealso:Evolutionofmorality Evolutionaryethicsconcernsapproachestoethics(morality)basedontheroleofevolutioninshapinghumanpsychologyandbehavior.Suchapproachesmaybebasedinscientificfieldssuchasevolutionarypsychologyorsociobiology,withafocusonunderstandingandexplainingobservedethicalpreferencesandchoices.[123] Descriptiveethics[edit] Mainarticle:Descriptiveethics Descriptiveethicsisonthelessphilosophicalendofthespectrumsinceitseekstogatherparticularinformationabouthowpeopleliveanddrawgeneralconclusionsbasedonobservedpatterns.Abstractandtheoreticalquestionsthataremoreclearlyphilosophical—suchas,"Isethicalknowledgepossible?"—arenotcentraltodescriptiveethics.Descriptiveethicsoffersavalue-freeapproachtoethics,whichdefinesitasasocialscienceratherthanahumanity.Itsexaminationofethicsdoesnotstartwithapreconceivedtheorybutratherinvestigatesobservationsofactualchoicesmadebymoralagentsinpractice.Somephilosophersrelyondescriptiveethicsandchoicesmadeandunchallengedbyasocietyorculturetoderivecategories,whichtypicallyvarybycontext.Thiscanleadtosituationalethicsandsituatedethics.Thesephilosophersoftenviewaesthetics,etiquette,andarbitrationasmorefundamental,percolating"bottomup"toimplytheexistenceof,ratherthanexplicitlyprescribe,theoriesofvalueorofconduct.Thestudyofdescriptiveethicsmayincludeexaminationsofthefollowing: Ethicalcodesappliedbyvariousgroups.Someconsideraestheticsitselfthebasisofethics—andapersonalmoralcoredevelopedthroughartandstorytellingasveryinfluentialinone'slaterethicalchoices. Informaltheoriesofetiquettethattendtobelessrigorousandmoresituational.Someconsideretiquetteasimplenegativeethics,i.e.,wherecanoneevadeanuncomfortabletruthwithoutdoingwrong?OnenotableadvocateofthisviewisJudithMartin("MissManners").Accordingtothisview,ethicsismoreasummaryofcommonsensesocialdecisions. Practicesinarbitrationandlaw,e.g.,theclaimthatethicsitselfisamatterofbalancing"rightversusright",i.e.,puttingprioritiesontwothingsthatarebothright,butthatmustbetradedoffcarefullyineachsituation. 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