ETHICS

Metaethics
An example question within metaethics is: "How can we
know what is right and wrong?"
Normative Ethics
Examples of behaviors that are judged as right or wrong in
Normative Ethics are honesty, lying, and stealing. The
behaviors being judged by Normative Ethics are actions that
have already occurred and are then being interpreted by the
observer to be "honesty," "lying," or others.
Applied Ethics
To date, there are several areas of applied ethical study.
Given their situational nature, they are often distinct from
one another, though they regularly employ similar methods
(detailed below). The following is a representative list of
applied ethics foci:
Animal Ethics: For example: Is it permissible to eat meat? 2
Biomedical Ethics: For example: On whom are we allowed
to perform medical tests?3

 Business Ethics: For example: Do corporations have moral

status?4
Environmental Ethics: For example: Ought we curb climate
change for the sake of future generations?5
Information Ethics: For example: May I pirate music?6
Law: For example: Should personal, recreational drug use
be illegal?7
Philosophy of the Family: For example: What do children
owe their parents?8
Practical Distributive Justice: For example: To what extent
ought we give to charity?9
Procreative Ethics: For example: Is it permissible to abort a
fetus?10
Sexual Ethics: For example: Should prostitution be legal?11