Open Access“Ethical Minefields” and the Voice of Common Sense: A Discussion with Julian Savulescu
Author(s) -
Julian Savulescu,
Evangelos D. Protopapadakis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
conatus - journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2653-9373
pISSN - 2459-3842
DOI - 10.12681/cjp.19712
Subject(s) - normative , utilitarianism , consistency (knowledge bases) , meaning (existential) , epistemology , reflective equilibrium , normative ethics , ethical theory , sociology , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence
Theoretical ethics includes both metaethics (the meaning of moral terms) and normative ethics (ethical theories and principles). Practical ethics involves making decisions about every day real ethical problems, like decisions about euthanasia, what we should eat, climate change, treatment of animals, and how we should live. It utilizes ethical theories, like utilitarianism and Kantianism, and principles, but more broadly a process of reflective equilibrium and consistency to decide how to act and be.