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Ethics

Branches concerned with right action, the good life and applied ethical questions across specific human practices and value domains. Belongs here: ethics and value theory as the parent branches, and named applied-ethics fields such as bioethics, environmental philosophy, philosophy of action, philosophy of education, philosophy of love, philosophy of sex and philosophy of sport, each of which asks a normative question about a bounded domain of practice. Does not belong here: political philosophy and philosophy of law, grouped separately for their focus on the state and legal institutions rather than individual or interpersonal conduct.

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1. Ethics (Wikipedia)
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  • Ethics, lead section, Greek contributors sentence
    This period saw the emergence of ethical teachings associated with Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and contributions of philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle.
  • Ethics, lead section, ancient regions sentence
    The history of ethics started in the ancient period with the development of ethical principles and theories in ancient Egypt, India, China, and Greece.
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