ethical questions
Right-or-wrong inquiries
Ethical questions are inquiries about right and wrong, good and bad, or what one ought to do.
They concern moral principles rather than facts or practicalities: Is it ethical to eat meat?
Should we prioritize individual freedom or collective welfare?
Unlike empirical questions, ethical questions often resist definitive answers and invite ongoing debate about values, duties, and consequences.
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- greater goodCollective benefit over personal
- justiceFair treatment under law
integrity · human rights · accountability · empathy · social responsibility · honesty · deontology · right thing · conflict of interest · equality · witness · altruism · fairness · gray area · slippery slope · burden · crossroads · confession
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
- gray areasgray areas, murky waters, fuzzy boundaries, ambiguities, fine lines
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