The word ‘ethics’ is understood and used in three different ways.
a. laical: direct moral questions, moralizing statements ‘Ethics and morals are the same.’ ‘Ethics makes direct moral questions or statements.’ (e.g. ‘Is euthanasia right?’, ‘Bigamy is wrong.’) b. descriptive: the description of moral questions and statements ‘Ethics and morals are not the same.’ ‘Ethics describes the direct moral statements.’ (e.g. ‘Jesus says the foundation of right attitude is love.’) c. critical: evaluation of moral questions and statements ‘Ethics and morals are not the same.’ ‘Ethics explains the direct moral questions.’ (e.g. ‘Inconsistency leads to unprincipledness.‘) |
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George Alexander Sveinn
"Baraju"
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