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Overview of Ethical Theories and Philosophy

This document discusses different areas of philosophy including philia, sophia, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, and ethics. It describes three approaches to ethics as normative, prescriptive, and metaethics. Metaethics analyzes the foundation and logic of ethical systems and theories. Some examples of metaethical questions given are whether good and bad are absolute or dependent on God. The document also lists four main types of ethical theories: teleological, deontological, virtue theory, and rights theory.

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Overview of Ethical Theories and Philosophy

This document discusses different areas of philosophy including philia, sophia, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, and ethics. It describes three approaches to ethics as normative, prescriptive, and metaethics. Metaethics analyzes the foundation and logic of ethical systems and theories. Some examples of metaethical questions given are whether good and bad are absolute or dependent on God. The document also lists four main types of ethical theories: teleological, deontological, virtue theory, and rights theory.

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PHILOSOPHY:

PHILIA: LOVE, FRIENDSHIP

SOPHIA: KNOWLEDGE
VARIOUS BRANCHES

EPISTEMOLOGY: THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

METAPHYSICS: STUDY OF REALITY

LOGIC: (CRITICAL THINKING)

ETHICS: MORAL PHILOSOPHY


DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO
MORALITY

SCIENTIFIC (DESCRIPTIVE): SOCIOLOGY

PHILOSOPHICAL (…): ETHICS


ETHICS -- 3 APPROACHES
NORMATIVE: X IS GOOD OR BAD

PRESCRIPTIVE: YOU SHOULD(N’T) DO X

METAETHICS: ANALYZE ETHICAL LANG

ANALYZE FOUNDATION OR
LOGIC OF ETHICAL SYSTEMS,
THEORIES…
EX OF META-ETHICAL
QUESTIONS

ARE GOOD AND BAD ABSOLUTE?

ARE GOOD AND BAD DEPENDANT OR


INDEPENDENT OF GOD?
Types of Ethical Theories
 Teleological (Consequentialist)
EX: Utilitarianism
Ethical Egoism

 Deontological (Non-consequentialist)
EX: Kantian Theory
Natural law theory

 Virtue Theory EX: Aristotle

 Rights Theory EX: Social Contract Ethics

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