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  2. Rights - Wikipedia

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    Rights ethics is an answer to the meta-ethical question of what normative ethics is concerned with (meta-ethics also includes a group of questions about how ethics comes to be known, true, etc. which is not directly addressed by rights ethics). Rights ethics holds that normative ethics is concerned with rights.

  3. Ethics - Wikipedia

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    Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches include normative ethics, applied ethics, and metaethics.

  4. Negative and positive rights - Wikipedia

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    To take an example involving two parties in a court of law: Adrian has a negative right to x against Clay, if and only if Clay is prohibited to act upon Adrian in some way regarding x. In contrast, Adrian has a positive right to x against Clay, if and only if Clay is obliged to act upon Adrian in some way regarding x.

  5. Might makes right - Wikipedia

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    Might makes right" or "might is right" is an aphorism that asserts that those who hold power are the origin of morality, and they control a society's view of right and wrong. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Montague defined kratocracy or kraterocracy (from the Ancient Greek : κράτος , romanized : krátos , lit.

  6. The Right and the Good - Wikipedia

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    The Right and the Good is a 1930 book by the Scottish philosopher David Ross. In it, Ross develops a deontological pluralism based on prima facie duties . Ross defends a realist position about morality and an intuitionist position about moral knowledge.

  7. Moral Injury - The Huffington Post

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    This series came from a determination to understand why, and to explore how their way back from war can be smoothed. Moral injury is a relatively new concept that seems to describe what many feel: a sense that their fundamental understanding of right and wrong has been violated, and the grief, numbness or guilt that often ensues.

  8. Matt Gaetz lawsuit: House ethics report 'threatens ... - AOL

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    WASHINGTON − Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz sued the House Ethics Committee Monday morning to try blocking release of its findings from a multi-year investigation into allegations he had sex ...

  9. Moral Injury: The Recruits - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    “There is no room in the Marine Corps for either situational ethics or situational morality,” declares a standing order issued in 1996 by the then-commandant, Gen. Charles Krulak. The Army’s moral codes are similar, demanding loyalty, respect (“Treat others with dignity and respect while expecting others to do the same”), honor and ...