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Normative :
From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:"Normative ethics involves arriving at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. In a sense, it is a search for an ideal litmus test of proper behavior. The Golden Rule is a classic example of a normative principle: We should do to others what we would want others to do to us... The key assumption in normative ethics is that there is only one ultimate criterion of moral conduct, whether it is a single rule or a set of principles. Unfortunately, philosophers do not agree about what precisely that criterion is..."
Associated Categories for Normative
Utilitarianism
Rights Theories
Animal Rights or Liberation
Social Darwinism
11 web sites matced for Normative
Living High and Letting Die, by Peter Unger
A radical "liberationist" account of ethics that argues that our ordinary intuitions about the moral status of charitable giving (and refraining from charitable giving), are radically wrong. An online book (with two chapters omitted).

Principles of Normative Ethics
Overview of normative ethical principles and theories.

The Golden Rule: Objections
Summarises some objections to the Golden Rule.

Consequentialism, Moralities of Concern, and Selfishness
Ted Honderich on only consequences making actions right (consequentialism), and the selfishness of agent-relative moralities (non-consequentialisms).

Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and the Smart Aleck
Ted Honderich on how freedom and determinism are really related, with special attention to Richard Double's views.

Equality and Egalitarianism - What It Really Comes To
Ted Honderich's political philosophy on the true basis of the tradition of egalitarianism - The Principle of Equality.

Equality and Egalitarianism - What It is Not, Fortunately
Ted Honderich on the misunderstandings and deceptions surrounding egalitarianism.

Violence Begets Violence
A theory of ethics based on enlightened self-interest.

Consequentialism
The view that normative properties depend only on consequences; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.

Peace Love Kindness
Summaries of readings, personal experiences, book suggestions, and essays dedicated to ending human suffering.

Consequentialism
The view that normative properties depend only on consequences; by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.

 
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