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Ethics Forum Guidelines

AKG
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2 of 2 people found this post helpful Posted 09/30/04 - 07:18 PM:	#1
Ethics Guidelines In order to maintain some focus and balance in the forums, and in order to maintain the philosophical caliber of our forums, we suggest the following guidelines: What is Ethics?: The field of ethics, also called moral philosophy, involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Philosophers today usually divide ethical theories into three general subject areas: metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Metaethics investigates where our ethical principles come from, and what they mean. Are they merely social inventions? Do they involve more than expressions of our individual emotions? Metaethical answers to these questions focus on the issues of universal truths, the will of God, the role of reason in ethical judgments, and the meaning of ethical terms themselves. Normative ethics takes on a more practical task, which is to arrive at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. This may involve articulating the good habits that we should acquire, the duties that we should follow, or the consequences of our behavior on others. Finally, applied ethics involves examining specific controversial issues, such as abortion, infanticide, animal rights, environmental concerns, homosexuality, capital punishment, or nuclear war. (Source) Things to avoid posting: * This applies to any forum: avoid starting threads with one-line posts, a series of questions without arguments, or threads where you simply state your opinion on some matter (without justification). * If you do want to start a thread that just asks a question and the question is of factual nature, e.g. "What did Wittgenstein have to say about ethics?" you are recommended to post it in the Factual Issues forum. * New threads on vegetarianism. There is a thread devoted purely to that topic, and all vegetarianism discussion can be contained there. (Vegetarianism Thread) * New threads on abortion. A thread devoted to abortion has also been created. (Abortion Thread) * Threads discussing, justifying, criticizing, etc. a recent political event. There is a separate forum for such threads. Edited by AKG on 05/31/05 - 07:32 AM
"The only reason we die... is because we accept it as an inevitability." -- Stewie "To enslave nuance to dogma is folly." -- Lord Hillyer

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