Meta-ethics, Normative Ethics and Applied Ethics

As a meta learning theory on motivation, psychological egoism claims a descriptive claim that all our actions can be reduced for their own benefit. This sentence is descriptive, so the range covered by the counterexample is broad and points out a simplified discussion on all actions. (Compare empathy of psychological egoism and mental state, which is the motive of our actions by the distress and sorrow of the opponent.)

Although self-interest depends on the principle of human psychology, some studies in moral developmental psychology show that "egoism" is actually only the first stage of actual moral development It seems to be.

Moral egoism is a normative theory that shows that our actions should be done in terms of our own interests. One problem with this position is that, in terms of self-interest, allowing eveyone's actions itself may not benefit. We can not recommend this "natural state" (according to Hobbes, life will be 'beast, savage, short lived'), after all it may be their own interest to sign a contract with others not. Selfish behavior

Normative ethics is a study of moral behavior. One area of ​​ethics is a series of questions that arise when investigating ways to act morally. Normative ethics is different from meta ethics. While normative ethics tests correct behavioral and misbehavioral standards, meta ethics studies the meaning of moral language and the metaphysics of moral facts. Normative ethics differs from descriptive ethics, which is an empirical study of people's moral beliefs. In other words, the writing ethics focuses on determining the proportion of those who think that killing is always wrong, normative ethics concerns whether it is correct to hold this belief. Therefore, normative ethics is sometimes called normative rather than descriptive. However, in some versions of the meta - ethical point of view known as moral realism, moral facts are descriptive and descriptive.

Morality is morality, but there are various kinds of morals in how to use morals. Description ethics, norm ethics, meta ethics, applied ethics, bioethics. Description ethics is a scientific methodology in moral research, people's belief in morality. It helps to judge people's idea is correct. Normative ethics is the reason for regulating ethical standards and is the ideal way people should take action. The justification of basic moral beliefs is called meta ethics. Meta ethics helps to define "right" things

We can divide philosophical ethics into four parts. Meta - ethics analyzes the concepts of moral, moral defense, and the meaning of moral language. Descriptive ethics describes the moral system of various cultures. Normative ethics considers basic norms, standards, or moral theory criteria. Applied ethics applies normality theory to law, medicine, business, computer science, and ethical issues in the environment. In the coming weeks we will discuss normative ethics or moral theory. Let's start with relativism