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Which of the following is/are the component(s) of Ethics by field of interest ?

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UGC NET 2015 Paper 3 History Question Paper (28-Jun-2015)
The correct answer is

All of the above

 Option 4 — All of the above is correct.

Ethics, as a field of philosophical study, is conventionally divided into three broad branches or ‘fields of interest’, and all three listed here belong to it:

BranchWhat it studies
Descriptive ethicsEmpirically describes what people actually believe to be right or wrong (the ethics of a society/group)
Normative ethicsPrescribes how one ought to act — the standards or norms of right conduct
Meta ethicsAnalyses the nature, meaning and origin of ethical terms and judgements themselves

Some classifications add applied ethics, but Descriptive, Normative and Meta ethics are the standard three components by field of interest. Since each of the first three options is genuinely a component, the inclusive answer All of the above is correct.

Takeaway: Ethics = descriptive (is) + normative (ought) + meta (meaning).

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