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==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | [[Ethics]] is the study of [[morality]] in an objective or socially universal context. It looks at questions such as whether or not a given [[moral system]] is harmful or beneficial, whether or not given [[moral value]] are helpful, and so forth. | + | [[Ethics]] is the study of [[morality]] in an [[objective morality|objective]] or socially universal context. It looks at questions such as whether or not a given [[moral system]] is harmful or beneficial, whether or not given [[moral value]] are helpful, and so forth. |
Put another way, [[ethics]] is meta-[[morality]]. | Put another way, [[ethics]] is meta-[[morality]]. | ||
| − | + | ===Professional Ethics=== | |
| − | + | The words "ethical" and "unethical", however, are almost always used in a rather different sense in which they indicate adherence to or violation of a professional code of ethics, i.e. the [[moral system]] of a given professional community. Professional ethicality is ultimately based on harm or benefit to the profession's credibility, which in turn is ''usually'' based on some function of the overall [[benefit or harm]] to society of a given rule or action. | |
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==Related== | ==Related== | ||
* [[Meta-ethics]] is the study of different ways of analyzing [[moral system]]s and [[moral value|value]]s. | * [[Meta-ethics]] is the study of different ways of analyzing [[moral system]]s and [[moral value|value]]s. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:47, 9 November 2019
About
Ethics is the study of morality in an objective or socially universal context. It looks at questions such as whether or not a given moral system is harmful or beneficial, whether or not given moral value are helpful, and so forth.
Put another way, ethics is meta-morality.
Professional Ethics
The words "ethical" and "unethical", however, are almost always used in a rather different sense in which they indicate adherence to or violation of a professional code of ethics, i.e. the moral system of a given professional community. Professional ethicality is ultimately based on harm or benefit to the profession's credibility, which in turn is usually based on some function of the overall benefit or harm to society of a given rule or action.
Related
- Meta-ethics is the study of different ways of analyzing moral systems and values.