applied ethics

Use of ethical principles to describe or evaluate conduct in particular areas of society (e.g., biomedical ethics, business ethics, public policy ethics).

In approach, applied ethics can be descriptive (how professions or sectors do conduct themselves) or normative (what one thinks are desirable behaviors for persons in particular professions or sectors).

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