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    The New Ethics is a 1907 book by the American zoologist and philosopher J. Howard Moore, in which he advocates for a form of ethics, that he calls the...
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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...
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  • Media ethics is the subdivision of applied ethics dealing with the specific ethical principles and standards of media, including broadcast media, film...
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    The U.S. House Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives...
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    ethics (also aretaic ethics, from Greek ἀρετή [aretḗ]) is a philosophical approach that treats virtue and character as the primary subjects of ethics...
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  • Business ethics (also known as corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics, that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical...
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  • environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that...
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  • differ[s] from the ethics that merely involved humans". "Reverence for life" was a "new ethics, because it is not only an extension of ethics, but also a...
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    The Nicomachean Ethics (/ˌnaɪkɒməˈkiən, ˌnɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia) is Aristotle's best-known work on ethics: the science...
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  • 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...
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  • of computer ethics are investigated by information ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics promoted, among others, by Luciano Floridi. The concept of...
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  • deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action...
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  • Sexual ethics (also known as sex ethics or sexual morality) is a branch of philosophy that considers the ethics or morality of sexual behavior. Sexual...
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  • Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. Medical ethics is based...
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  • Ethics is the branch of philosophy that examines right and wrong moral behavior, moral concepts (such as justice, virtue, duty) and moral language. Ethics...
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  • Normative ethics is the study of ethical behaviour and is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates questions regarding how one ought to act...
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    Research ethics is a discipline within the study of applied ethics. Its scope ranges from general scientific integrity and misconduct to the treatment...
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  • Descriptive ethics, also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about morality. It contrasts with prescriptive or normative ethics, which...
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  • (August 2005). "A covenant with the status quo? Male circumcision and the new BMA guidance to doctors". Journal of Medical Ethics. 31 (8): 463–9. doi:10.1136/jme...
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    also incorporates natural law ethics, which is built on the belief that it is the very nature of humans – created in the image of God and capable of morality...
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    Professional ethics encompass the personal and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. The word professionalism originally applied to...
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    between 1661 and 1675 and was first published posthumously in 1677. The Ethics is perhaps the most ambitious attempt to apply Euclid's method in philosophy...
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    senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee. Senate rules require the Ethics Committee to be evenly divided between the Democrats...
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  • Situational ethics or situation ethics takes into account only the particular context of an act when evaluating it ethically, rather than judging it only...
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  • provide for the quick and easy transfer of information. Technology ethics is the application of ethical thinking to growing concerns as new technologies...
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    Kantian ethics refers to a deontological ethical theory developed by German philosopher Immanuel Kant that is based on the notion that "I ought never to...
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  • Legal ethics are principles of conduct that members of the legal profession are expected to observe in their practice. They are an outgrowth of the development...
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  • ethical manner in accordance with national and international law. An ethics committee in the European Union is a body responsible for oversight of medical or...
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  • Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the life...
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  • Journalistic ethics and standards comprise principles of ethics and good practice applicable to journalists. This subset of media ethics is known as journalism's...
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