MORAL FRAMEWORKS ETHICAL THEORY An ethical theory is a comprehensive perspective on morality that clarifies, organizes, and guides moral reflection. If successful, it provides a framework for making moral choices and resolving moral dilemmas–not a simple formula, but rather a comprehensive way to identify, structure, and integrate moral reasons. Ethical theories also ground the requirements in engineering codes of ethics by reference to broader moral principles. In doing so, they illuminate connections between engineering codes of ethics and “ordinary” morality–that is, justified moral values that play a role in all areas of life. There are five types of ethical theories: 1. Utilitarianism 2. Rights Ethics 3. Duty Ethics 4. ...
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