Applied Ethics
What is applied Ethics? - Question and answersDeals with difficult moral questions and
controversial moral issues that people actually face in their lives
Examples of Applied Ethics - Question and answersCrime and Punishment
Abortion
Euthanasia
Giving to the poor
Death Penalty
Two Main Features of an Applied Ethics Issue - Question and answersNeeds to be
controversial
Must be distinctly moral
Social Policy - Question and answersTraffic laws
Tax codes
Zoning
Moral issues that overlap social policy - Question and answersMurder
Sexual Practices
Insider Trading
Normative Principles at Work for Applied Ethics - Question and answersNormative
Ethics - proper behavior, conduct - the ethics of right and wrong - how to act - what you
ought to do
The golden rule is a Normative Theory
In ethical stalemates - ethicists, people, dogs - consult normative principles to see what
direction they should take
Normative Ethics - Question and answersproper behavior, conduct - the ethics of right
and wrong - how to act - what you ought to do
Most common appeals to applied ethics discussions - Question and answersPersonal
Benefit and Social Benefit
Personal Benefit - Question and answersdoes an action produce beneficial
consequences for the person in question
Social Benefit - Question and answersSame as above, but is the action beneficial to
society
What is applied Ethics? - Question and answersDeals with difficult moral questions and
controversial moral issues that people actually face in their lives
Examples of Applied Ethics - Question and answersCrime and Punishment
Abortion
Euthanasia
Giving to the poor
Death Penalty
Two Main Features of an Applied Ethics Issue - Question and answersNeeds to be
controversial
Must be distinctly moral
Social Policy - Question and answersTraffic laws
Tax codes
Zoning
Moral issues that overlap social policy - Question and answersMurder
Sexual Practices
Insider Trading
Normative Principles at Work for Applied Ethics - Question and answersNormative
Ethics - proper behavior, conduct - the ethics of right and wrong - how to act - what you
ought to do
The golden rule is a Normative Theory
In ethical stalemates - ethicists, people, dogs - consult normative principles to see what
direction they should take
Normative Ethics - Question and answersproper behavior, conduct - the ethics of right
and wrong - how to act - what you ought to do
Most common appeals to applied ethics discussions - Question and answersPersonal
Benefit and Social Benefit
Personal Benefit - Question and answersdoes an action produce beneficial
consequences for the person in question
Social Benefit - Question and answersSame as above, but is the action beneficial to
society
