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  2. Ethics - Wikipedia

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    Ethics, also called moral philosophy, is the study of moral phenomena. It is one of the main branches of philosophy and investigates the nature of morality and the principles that govern the moral evaluation of conduct, character traits, and institutions. It examines what obligations people have, what behavior is right and wrong, and how to ...

  3. Morality - Wikipedia

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    Ethics (also known as moral philosophy) is the branch of philosophy which addresses questions of morality. The word "ethics" is "commonly used interchangeably with 'morality' ... and sometimes it is used more narrowly to mean the moral principles of a particular tradition, group, or individual."

  4. Integrity - Wikipedia

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    Integrity is the quality of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. [1][2] In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or earnestness of one's actions. Integrity can stand in opposition to hypocrisy. [3] It regards internal consistency as a virtue ...

  5. Values education - Wikipedia

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    Another definition of value education is "learning about self and wisdom of life" in a self-exploratory, systematic and scientific way through formal education. According to C.V.Good'value education is the aggregate of all the process by means of which a person develops abilities and other forms of behaviour of the positive values in the ...

  6. History of ethics - Wikipedia

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    History of ethics. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that examines right and wrong moral behavior, moral concepts (such as justice, virtue, duty) and moral language. Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".

  7. Emotivism - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Emotivism. Emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims that ethical sentences do not express propositions but emotional attitudes. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Hence, it is colloquially known as the hurrah/boo theory. [ 4 ] Influenced by the growth of analytic philosophy and logical positivism in the 20th century, the theory was stated vividly by ...

  8. Aristotelian ethics - Wikipedia

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    Aristotelian ethics. Aristotle first used the term ethics to name a field of study developed by his predecessors Socrates and Plato which is devoted to the attempt to provide a rational response to the question of how humans should best live. Aristotle regarded ethics and politics as two related but separate fields of study, since ethics ...

  9. Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and ...