Ethics and Values
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Virtue Ethics
Ethics , also known as moral philosophy , is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct . [ 1 ] The term comes from the Greek word ethos , which means "character". Ethics is a complement to Aesthetics in the philosophy field of Axiology . In philosophy, ethics studies the moral behavior in humans, and how one should act. Ethics may be divided into four major areas of study: [ 1 ]
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Thinking Ethically: A Framework for Moral Decision Making
Thinking Ethically: A Framework for Moral Decision Making“Like some Triassic reptile, the theoretical view of ethics lumbers along in the far past of Sunday School and Philosophy I, while the reality of practical business concerns is constantly measuring a wide range of competing claims on time and resources against the unrelenting and objective marketplace.”
Ethics Without the Sermon
By: Matti Estola [ biography ] We study the ethics of competition in a market economy. The competition between firms and individuals within a firm in a market economy is compared with the competition between species and individuals within one species in the nature, and that between different teams, individuals within a team as well as individual athletes in sport.
EJBO - Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies
Dan Jones has a terrific article in the April issue of Prospect, titled “ The Emerging Moral Psychology .” We’ve included some excerpts from the article below.
Moral Psychology Primer
The Virtuous Life
The Virtuous Life: Justice by Brett & Kate McKay This is the eighth post in a series on living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin.
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? | Harvard Video Course
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