Ethical Theory

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ET
Pronunciation
/ˈɛθɪkəl ˈθɪri/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. Between them, they came up with the ethical theory known as utilitarianism.
  2. Facing the unavoidable moral dilemma, every ethical theory and technology of moral choice will have nothing to do.
  3. Emotivism has aroused more controversy than any other ethical theory proposed in this century.
  4. Ross ( 1877-1940 ) presented an ethical theory in his book The Right and the Good that can be seen as an attempt to incorporate aspects of utilitarianism and aspects of Kantianism.
  5. From the viewpoint of ethics, it is the rational response of ethical practice and the distillation of the ethical theory.

Other meanings of ET