Applied ethics

Applied ethics is the study of how agents ought to act in particular contexts. Together with metaethics and normative ethics, it is one of the three main branches of moral philosophy.philosophy.

Related entries

bioethics | metaethics | normative ethics

BibliographyFurther reading

• Acting on Utilitarianism in

  MacAskill, WillWilliam & Darius Meissner (2020) Introduction to Utilitarianism: An Online TextbookActing on utilitarianism, Oxford.

• Utilitarianism.

  Singer, Peter (2011). Practical Ethics, 3rd ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bibliography

• Acting on Utilitarianism in MacAskill, Will & Darius Meissner (2020) Introduction to Utilitarianism: An Online Textbook, Oxford.
• Singer, Peter (2011). Practical Ethics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Applied ethics is the study of how agents ought to act in particular contexts. Together with metaethics and normative ethics, it is one of the three main branches of moral philosophy.