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Descriptive Ethics

overall review score: 3.5
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Descriptive ethics is the study of what people believe to be right or wrong based on their observation and understanding of individual and societal behavior.

Key Features

  • Focuses on describing moral beliefs and practices
  • Examines how people actually behave morally
  • Utilizes descriptive methods such as surveys and observations

Pros

  • Provides valuable insights into actual moral practices
  • Helps understand cultural differences in moral beliefs
  • Can inform normative ethical theories

Cons

  • Does not provide guidance on what is morally right or wrong
  • Subject to bias based on the observer's perspective
  • Lacks universality in determining morality

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