descriptive ethics

descriptive ethics
The study of peoples beliefs about morality, in contrast to normative ethics and metaethics.

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  • Normative ethics — is the study of ethical action. It is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates the set of questions that arise when considering how one ought to act, morally speaking. Normative ethics is distinct from meta ethics because it examines… …   Wikipedia

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