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What are applied ethics?

Fritz Allhoff¹

¹Department of Philosophy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. fritz.allhoff@wmich.edu

Science and Engineering Ethics

|March 25, 2010

Summary

This study examines applied ethics, finding that despite attempts to unify them through ethical theory, they remain disunified across disciplines like biomedical and business ethics.

Area of Science:

Philosophy
Ethics

Background:

Applied ethics encompasses diverse fields.
Understanding the interrelationships between these fields is complex.
The philosophy of science offers parallels for conceptualizing applied ethics.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the relationships between various applied ethics disciplines.
To investigate whether applied ethics can be unified or are inherently disunified.
To analyze specific fields such as biomedical ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and neuroethics.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of applied ethics.
Drawing parallels with the philosophy of science.
Examination of specific applied ethics fields and their traditions.

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Main Results:

An attempt to unify applied ethics through ethical theory is presented but found unsatisfactory.
Analysis of biomedical, business, environmental, and neuroethics highlights their distinct characteristics.
The paper argues against a unified conception of applied ethics.

Conclusions:

Applied ethics are best understood as disunified.
The interdisciplinary relationships do not support a single unifying framework.
A disunity conception better reflects the reality of applied ethics.