Philosophy/Ethics

Definition

Philosophy is the critical examination of the grounds for fundamental beliefs and an analysis of the basic concepts employed in the expression of such beliefs.
Philosophy. (2014). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/456811/philosophy

Ethics is the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. 
Ethics. (2014). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/194023/ethics

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business ethics, decision making, ethics, idea  (philosophy), logic, medical ethics, moral & ethical aspects, ontology, phenomenology, philosophers, philosophy, postmodernisms, professional ethics, social responsibility of business, theory of knowledge, thought & thinking

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