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Morality

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Beliefs concerning right and wrong, good and bad; and practices

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Normative

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study of the principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions and judgements

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Metaethics

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study of the meaning and logical structure of moral beliefs

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Applied-ethics

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application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases, particularly those in a profession such as med or law

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Instrumentally valuable

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valubable as a means to something else ex. Pen, or tools, or money

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Intrinsically valuble

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valuable in itself, for its own sake ex. Happiness

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Principle of universalizability

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The idea that a rule or etc. that applies in one situation must apply in all other situations that are relevantly similar

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Impartiality

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everyone considered equal

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Divine command theory

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right actions are those willed by god, he defines right and wrong. It can be said that one’s moral beliefs aren’t theirs if they haven’t considered and really thought about the moral inherited from family

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Objectivism

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view that some moral principles are valid for everyone