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Introduction............................................................................................... 3
1. What Does Ethics Mean and Why is it Important for Humans? ................ 3
2. What is the Relationship Between Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics and
Power?*.......................................................................................... ........ 4
3. How are Moral Beliefs, Values, and Customs Acquired and How do they Influence
Ethics?...................................................................................... .......... 5
4. Discuss Each of the Following Three Approaches to Ethics
4.1 Descriptive Ethics ............................................................................... 6
4.2 Normative Ethics ................................................................................. 6
4.3 Meta-Ethics .......................................................................................... 7
5. Ethics in Contemporary Society: Issues in Social, Political, and Economic Life, Including
Environmental Ethics and Intergenerational Justice
5.1 Social, Political, and Economic Issues .............................................. 7
5.2 Environmental Ethics and Intergenerational Justice .......................... 8
Conclusion......................................................................................... 8
Bibliography ................................................................................................. 10
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