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According to Aristotle, how to lead a good life is one of the central questions of ethics. [1]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.
Allegory with a portrait of a Venetian senator (Allegory of the morality of earthly things), attributed to Tintoretto, 1585 Morality (from Latin moralitas 'manner, character, proper behavior') is the categorization of intentions, decisions and actions into those that are proper, or right, and those that are improper, or wrong. [1]
Moral, razón y naturaleza : una investigación sobre Tomás de Aquino. EUNSA. ISBN 84-313-1581-4. OCLC 38896404. González, Ana Marta (1999). Expertos en sobrevivir : ensayos ético-políticos (1 ed.). EUNSA. ISBN 84-313-1731-0. OCLC 42933068. González, Ana Marta (2000). En busca de la naturaleza perdida : estudios de bioética fundamental ...
Secular ethics is a branch of moral philosophy in which ethics is based solely on human faculties such as logic, empathy, reason or moral intuition, and not derived from belief in supernatural revelation or guidance—a source of ethics in many religions.
The consideration of moral philosophy, or a moral economy, differs from behavioural economic models. [3] The standard creation, application, and beneficiaries of economic models present a trilemma when ethics are considered. [4] These ideas, in conjunction with the assumption of rationality in economics, create a link between economics and ethics.
In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. [1]
Modern Moral Philosophy" is an article on moral philosophy by G. E. M. Anscombe, originally published in the journal Philosophy, vol. 33, no. 124 (January 1958). [ 1 ] The article has influenced the emergence of contemporary virtue ethics , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] especially through the work of Alasdair MacIntyre .
Moral foundation theory identifies five forms of moral foundation: harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, in-group/loyalty, authority/respect, and purity/sanctity. The first two are often termed individualizing foundations, with the remaining three being binding foundations. The moral foundations were found to be correlated with the theory of basic ...