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Three Ways to Ask “What’s Right?”

Ethics is not just one giant argument. It has three main branches: normative ethics, applied ethics, and metaethics.

Ethics and Its Three Branches

Immanuel Kant formulated a deontological system based on universal laws that apply to all rational creatures.

The Rulebook Branch

Normative ethics asks how people ought to act. It looks for general rules that explain why actions are right or wrong.

Ethics and Its Three Branches

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