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Nor­ma­tive ethics

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Normative ethics is the study of general moral theories and principles. Together with metaethics and applied ethics, it is one of the three main branches of moral philosophy.

Further reading

Kagan, Shelly (1998) Normative Ethics, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Related entries

applied ethics | axiology | consequentialism | metaethics | prioritarianism

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