Evolutionary ethicsEvolutionary ethics is a field of inquiry that explores how evolutionary theory might bear on our understanding of ethics or morality. The range of issues investigated by evolutionary ethics is quite broad. Supporters of evolutionary ethics have claimed that it has important implications in the fields of descriptive ethics, normative ethics, and metaethics. Descriptive evolutionary ethics consists of biological approaches to morality based on the alleged role of evolution in shaping human psychology and behavior.
Nursing ethicsNursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence and respect for autonomy. It can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care. The nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than 'curing' by exploring the everyday interaction between the nurse and the person in care.
Pragmatic ethicsPragmatic ethics is a theory of normative philosophical ethics and meta-ethics. Ethical pragmatists such as John Dewey believe that some societies have progressed morally in much the way they have attained progress in science. Scientists can pursue inquiry into the truth of a hypothesis and accept the hypothesis, in the sense that they act as though the hypothesis were true; nonetheless, they think that future generations can advance science, and thus future generations can refine or replace (at least some of) their accepted hypotheses.
Bien et mal (philosophie)Dans les domaines religieux, éthique, philosophique et psychologique, « le bien et le mal » est un couple de concepts courant. Dans les cultures d'inspiration manichéenne ou abrahamique, le mal est généralement considéré comme l’opposé du bien, dans lequel le bien devrait prévaloir et le mal aurait vocation à être vaincu. Dans les cultures d'inspiration bouddhiste, le bien et le mal sont perçus comme une dualité antagoniste qui doit elle-même être surmontée en réalisant Śūnyatā, c'est-à-dire la reconnaissance du bien et du mal en tant que principes opposés mais complémentaires.
