| The actual definition of ethic is arising from habit. This is | | | | approach stated are often called virtue ethicists, and |
| a fitting definition for the most part. After all, ethics | | | | think about the various virtues or good habits that |
| covers topics such as right, wrong, evil, and the things | | | | should be acquired in life. Aristotle is a pioneer virtue |
| of that sort. As for the actual parts of ethics, there is | | | | ethicist for example. |
| some minor difference, but for the most part, there are | | | | Normative ethicists who follow the second approach |
| three major parts which make up ethics as a whole. | | | | are often called deontological ethicists. Immanuel Kant |
| The three parts of ethics are applied ethics, normative | | | | set out the large framework for a deontological |
| ethics, and meta ethics. Meta ethics involves looking | | | | normative ethical theory. |
| into the actual being of the concepts of ethics. Another | | | | Normative ethicists who follow the last and third |
| way of putting this, is that it considers whether | | | | approach are often called utilitarians or |
| statements are claims of truth. It involves expressions | | | | consequentialists. When it is said that normative |
| of emotion, if those expressions are true, and what is | | | | ethicists are consequentialists, it should be |
| the meaning of those expressions? Most of the first | | | | remembered that consequentialism is meant as a very |
| part here covers truth, the relationship it has to society, | | | | broad term. A consequence includes the good in itself, |
| and it also deals a little bit with culture. | | | | of an action. |
| Normative ethics comes as sort of a middle man | | | | An idea which can be applied alongside ethics is the |
| between the first ethics we just talked about and | | | | subject of human morals. The human conscience is |
| applied ethics. It is an attempt to arrive at morals in | | | | known to encourage people to do the right in our lives. |
| which we would want to live with. Morals which are | | | | It is that little voice which speaks to us and helps us to |
| used for a decent and good life, are the goal ethics | | | | make the right decisions. The conscience is an |
| which normative ways try to achieve. The way in | | | | effective system of judgment, a desire to strive for |
| which we behave is determined by the good and bad | | | | the good in life, to choose wisely, and to follow the |
| ethics we use in our everyday life. | | | | common good laws of man. |
| Ethicists or normative ethicists who follow the first | | | | |