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)
WikipediaEthics, 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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