BRANCHES &

SCHOOLS OF
ETHICS
 •Descriptive Ethics
•Normative Ethics
BRANCHES OF •Meta Ethics
ETHICS •Applied Ethics
APPLIED ETHICS

• Applied ethics refers to the practical

application of moral considerations.
It deals with real-world actions and
their moral considerations in the
areas of private and public life, the
professions, health, technology, law,
and leadership
6 Key Domains of
Applied Ethics
• Decision ethics {ethical decision making process},
• Professional ethics {for good professionalism},
• Clinical Ethics {good clinical practices},
• Business Ethics {good business practices},
• Organizational Ethics {ethics within and among
organizations} and
• Social ethics
Sub-Fields of Applied Ethics

MEDICAL ETHICS ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS ETHICS LEGAL ETHICS

AND BIOETHICS ETHICS
While the three areas of
ethics (normative ethics,
meta ethics and applied
Consequentialist
ethics) appear to be Ethics/Teleological Ethics
distinct, they are also
interrelated. The use of
an applied ethics
approach often draws Deontological Ethics
upon certain normative
ethical theories like the
following:
*Normative ethics is usually
applied to address practical and
Virtue Ethics
controversial issues