English Explanatory Dictionary

normative ethics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of ethics concerned with classifying actions as right and wrong, attempting to develop a set of rules governing human conduct, or a set of norms for action.

Word forms

normative ethics

Related words

comparative ethics descriptive ethics metaethics
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