According to your textbook readings, critically evaluate the claim that “in ethical theory an action itself may not be the only factor in our assessment of that action” (Wilkens, 2011, p. 18), expressing what other factors may be involved in a person’s mo
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Full Discussion Question: According to your textbook readings, critically evaluate the claim that “in ethical theory an action itself may not be the only factor in our assessment of that action” (Wilkens, 2011, p. 18), expressing what other factors may be involved in a person’s moral actions.
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Book Resources that can be helpful for the question:
Read Chapter 1 from the beginning of the chapter through the section “Theory and Life,” in Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics.
Read the Introduction in The Story of Ethics: Fulfilling Our Human Nature
Read “Metaethics,” which is Section One under the “Ethics” article, from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Read the Introduction in “Metaethics” by Fisher (2011).
Read “Ethics” in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy.
Please Cite At Least 1-2 Sources
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Ethical Theory
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ETHICAL THEORY
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“In ethical theory, an action itself may not be the only factor in our assessment of that action”
(Wilkens, 2011, p. 18)
Ethical theory philosophical discipline which deals with the morality principles as well as
clearly defined standards of what i...
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