Open AccessBetween philosophical heights and practical necessities. Some remarks on the idea of applied ethics
Author(s) -
Jacek Sójka
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annales etyka w życiu gospodarczym
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1899-2226
pISSN - 2353-4869
DOI - 10.18778/1899-2226.20.5.01
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , democracy , field (mathematics) , applied ethics , information ethics , epistemology , meta ethics , ethics of technology , sociology , engineering ethics , social science , law , philosophy , political science , mathematics , engineering , history , archaeology , politics , pure mathematics
For many people the expression “applied ethics” sounds like a pleonasm. They tend to claim that ethics by its very nature is about practical matters. It deals with human actions and their motivations and there is no need to create an additional discipline with special practical bias. However, at least since the 1970s, there has been a growing movement of applied ethics which resulted not only in the increase of enrolment to the academic courses but also in the demand for consulting services in this field. And yet the question still remains to what extent applied ethics inherits philosophical tradition and style of thinking. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the applied ethics is a continuation of philosophical inquiry in the way adjusted well to the demands of the pluralistic and democratic societies.