Ethics

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Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch[1] of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".[2] The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.[3][4]

Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.[5] As a field of intellectual inquiry, moral philosophy is related to the fields of moral psychology, descriptive ethics, and [[value theory.


References

  1. Die Literaturrundschau Communicatio Socialis (2015-07-27).
  2. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy "Ethics".
  3. Random House Unabridged Dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/axiology Entry on Axiology.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212731/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/axiology |date=March 3, 2016
  5. Martinez, Veronica Root (2019-10-23). "More Meaningful Ethics" (in en). University of Chicago Law Review (Chicago, IL). SSRN 3474344. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3474344. Retrieved November 18, 2021.