A systematic study of different moral theories and principles.

• Ethics

• Philosophy

• Moral philosophy

The endless search for the ultimate causes, reasons, and principles of everything that there is, which answers are sought by the aid of human reason alone.

• Ethics

• Philosophy

• Moral

From the Greek root ethos; or custom or traditional line of conduct – where the English term “morality” is based from.

• Ethics

• Morality

• Moral Philosophy

Provides with a quality that determines and distinguishes right conduct from wrong conduct.

• Moral

• Morality

• Moral Philosophy

Gives ethics a particular perspective of what to study about – that is, the rectitude of whether an act is good or bad, right or wrong.

• Moral

• Morality

• Moral philosophy

The practical science of the morality of human act and of the good life. It deals with how man ought to live, with the idea and the pursuit of the good.

• Moral

• Moral Philosophy

• Ethics

Referring to the laying down of the correct angles) the standards of wrong and right.

• Norms

• Technical Norms

• Societal Norms

A carpenter’s pattern, square, or rule, from the Latin root norma, referring to the laying down of the correct angles. With this, man can see how the term “normal” works in geometrical terms.

• Technical Norms

• Norms

• Moral

• Concupiscence

These norms pertain to survival, well-being, and health.

• Survival Norm

• Technical Norms

• Societal Norms

These are standards for group cohesion and strengthening the bonds that keep the community together. This primarily covers values, customs, manners, and practices that are considered appropriate by the society.

• Societal Norms

• Social Norms

• Aesthetic Norms

• Moral Norms