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descriptive ethics  

Definition

  • Descriptive ethics can broadly be thought of as the study of morality and moral issues from a scientific point of view. It can be thought of as the branch of ethics that attempts to develop conceptual models and test those models empirically in order to enhance our understanding of ethical or moral behavior, moral decision making, and more broadly moral phenomena. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Descriptive Ethics]

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