Types of Ethics Review

Metaethics aims to set norms or standards that regulate right and wrong conduct

Normative Ethics focuses on the nature and origin of moral facts

Virtue Ethics emphasizes the right disposition and character of the agent over right action

Virtue Ethics sets up rules or principles for moral behavior

Applied Ethics is the actual application of ethical or moral theories for deciding appropriate actions in a given situation

Virtue Ethics emphasizes the importance of rules and principles for moral behavior.

Normative Ethics aims to understand the nature and dynamics of ethical principles.

Metaethics asks questions about the nature and origin of moral facts.

Applied Ethics is a normative moral theory.

Virtue Ethics asks the question 'What is the right thing to do?'