Ethical theory comprises the systematic study of moral principles that guide human conduct. Classical approaches include consequentialism, which judges actions by their outcomes, and deontology, which ...

Ethical theories provide systematic accounts of right and wrong, drawing on traditions such as consequentialism, which assesses the moral value of actions by their outcomes; deontology, which ...

The recent Women’s March across the globe set out to “harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change,” according to a mission statement ...

The ethical theory of W.D. Ross (1877-1971) has many strengths. First, it reflects some of our better common sense moral commitments. Second, it is pluralistic, in the sense that Ross believed we have ...

The organizational theory of corporate social responsibility revolves around the discretionary, ethical, legal and economic expectations placed on businesses by society, according to the Reference For ...

Part of “Complexity Theory,” a new column on the tangled questions of our technological age. By some accounts, the western world is experiencing a backlash against the same technologies which have ...

The field of medicine has long had formal ethical rules in place. But there may also be good reasons for researchers in the humanities and social sciences to sometimes make ethical judgments differing ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

Mauritz Kop assesses the ethical principles we must all adopt so that the application of quantum technologies is equitable and safe Research into quantum technologies has advanced so much over the ...