Introduction to Ethics

It deals with the nature of moral judgement. It looks at the origins and meaning of ethical principles.

• Normative ethics

• Applied ethics

• Meta-ethics

• Situation ethics

It looks at controversial topics like war, animal rights and capital punishment

• Normative ethics

• Applied ethics

• Meta-ethics

• Situation ethics

It is concerned with the content of moral judgements and the criteria for what is right or wrong.

• Normative ethics

• Applied ethics

• Meta-ethics

• Situation ethics

It teaches that moral judgments are nothing more than statements of a person's feelings or attitudes, and that ethical statements do not contain factual truths about goodness or badness.

• Subjectivism

• Emotivism

• Moral Realism

• Prescriptivism

It is based on the idea that there are real objective moral facts or truths in the universe.

• Subjectivism

• Emotivism

• Moral Realism

• Prescriptivism

It is the view that moral claims are no more than expressions of approval or disapproval.

• Subjectivism

• Emotivism

• Moral Realism

• Prescriptivism

It is the view that thinks that ethical statements are instructions or recommendations.

• Subjectivism

• Emotivism

• Moral Realism

• Prescriptivism

It makes ethics inseparable from religion. It teaches that the only source of moral rules is God.

• Deontological ethics

• Supernaturalism

• Intuitionism

• Consequentialism

It teaches that some acts are right or wrong in themselves, whatever the consequences, and people should act accordingly.

• Non-consequentialism

• Supernaturalism

• Intuitionism

• Consequentialism

It teaches that people should do whatever produces the greatest amount of good consequences.

• Non-consequentialism

• Supernaturalism

• Intuitionism

• Consequentialism