<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of my article is to show the importance of normative ethics for the education of young people in three areas: individual, social and natural. In the first case, ethics answers the question how we should treat ourselves. Thus, it teaches responsibility for oneself, for one’s life and individual development. In the second case, ethics answers the question how we should treat other people in order to minimize the risk of harming them. Thus, it teaches responsibility to other members of society. In the third case, normative ethics reminds us of moral obligations towards non-human beings, stressing that suffering has an interspecies character, and doesn’t pertain only to representatives of <italic>Homo sapiens</italic>.</p></abstract>

The purpose of my article is to show the importance of normative ethics for the education of young people in three areas: individual, social and natural. In the first case, ethics answers the question how we should treat ourselves. Thus, it teaches responsibility for oneself, for one’s life and individual development. In the second case, ethics answers the question how we should treat other people in order to minimize the risk of harming them. Thus, it teaches responsibility to other members of society. In the third case, normative ethics reminds us of moral obligations towards non-human beings, stressing that suffering has an interspecies character, and doesn’t pertain only to representatives of Homo sapiens.

The educational aspects of ethics

Ethics & Bioethics

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The purpose of my article is to show the importance of normative ethics for the education of young people in three areas: individual, social and natural. In...

The educational aspects of ethics

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 167 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0019

Keywords
morality, value, education, normative ethics, humanity

© 2016 Dorota Probucka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The educational aspects of ethics

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 167 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0019

Keywordsmorality, value, education, normative ethics, humanity

© 2016 Dorota Probucka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
morality, value, education, normative ethics, humanity