Reading

Reading Questions: “Ethics,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://www.iep.utm.edu/ethics/

Read the introduction to section 1, read sections 1a and 2, then answer the following questions.

1. What is metaethics?

2. Explain objectivism and relativism.

3. Describe each of the following: a. normative ethics, b. virtue theories, c. duty theories, d. consequentialist theories, e. utilitarianism, f. ethical egoism, and g. contract theories.