seeks to establish
norms or criteria to
determine criteria to
determine which
behaviors, values,
norms, institutions,
etc. can be considered
correct or just from a
moral point of view.
consists of
formulating
moral judgments
and finding a way
to justify how to
justify them.
can be
considered
morally right
or just.
CHARACTERISTICS
IMPORTANCE
Oorient people's
conduct toward
the common
good.
Promotes good
living in society
RELATIONSHIP
WITH OTHER
DISCIPLINES
No discipline can renounce the
investigation of its theoretical
foundations or the explanation of the
meaning of its fundamental expressions.
to be continued in
metaethics
project concrete norms of more
immediate application proper to
applied ethics.
developing
and
defending
some
conception
of the ideal
person
promotes
self-control in
different areas
Normative ethics
reflects on what is
morally right and
why.
Objectives towards
moral facts, as the
target of moral
evaluations about
property or action.
Optimization of interests or
stakeholders (preference), utilitarian,
happiness (eudaimonia), or welfare
ethics
TYPES OF NORMATIVE
ETHICS
Theories of Virtue
Deontological Theories
Consequentialist Theories
Specify and defend
some thing or list of
things that are
good in themselves.
The law of love is a
deontological
principle: it is a law
Establishes formal or
relational criteria such as
fairness or equality.
an action is considered
morally good because
of some characteristic
of the action itself,
not because
the product of
the action is
good
Those actions that
would be performed
by a perfectly
virtuous agent
seeks to explain3 the
nature of a moral agent as a
motivating force for ethical
behavior.
performs well or appropriately
Utilitarianism
Contractarianism
Deontology
falls within the domain of
moral theories that guide
and assess our choices of
what we ought to do
the ability to use
reason was what
defined a person.
there are two different kinds of
ethical duties, perfect duties and
imperfect duties.
refers to a type of moral or
political theory that employs
the idea of contract
The contract involved can be
either actual or hypothetical
depending on the particular
contractarian theory
actions are right if
they are useful or
for the benefit of a
majority.
is that the prevention or elimination
of suffering should take precedence
over any alternative act that would
only increase the happiness of
someone already happy
is an effort to provide an
answer to the practical
question “What ought a
person to do?”