The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ethics.
Ethics (aka moral philosophy) – branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1] The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concern matters of value, and thus comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.[2]
The following examples of questions that might be considered in each field illustrate the differences between the fields:
Applied ethics – using philosophical methods, attempts to identify the morally correct course of action in various fields of human life.
practices of various schools of thought.
Normative ethics – concerns what people should believe to be right and wrong.