ETHICS AND MORALITY Basic Ethical Concepts E

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ETHICS AND MORALITY Category: Basic Ethical Concepts . E specially in everyday language, the dis- tinction between the terms ETHICS ' and MORALITY ' is not always clear. Even in some questions of good life' are tied to an evaluati- on of what is good and are answered in the form of recommendations how to achieve philosophical texts both are used synony- that goal, norms or principles of moral right- mously, while others seem to draw a clear ness generate imperatives. distinction between them. Historically, the . term ETHICS ' comes from Greek ethos which Today it is common to separate ETHICS into means the customs, habits and mores of peo- three sub-branches: 1. descriptive ETHICS , 2.

Normative ethics means the methodolo-gical reflection upon morality tackling its cri-tique and its rationale. Norms and standards for acting and conduct are being set up or to-re down, and argued for or against. When “ethics” is talked about in a common sense

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