What is Normative ethics?
'''Normative ethics''' is a branch of [[ethics]], that looks to establish norms of how people ought to behave, and act in certain situations. It also looks at how norms and values are formed in a society. It looks at what is good, and right in a moral sense. Philiospohers such as [[Aristotle]] and [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] looked at the question what [[virtue]] really is; from this a branch called [[virtue ethics]] develped. People like [[Immanuel Kant]], with his [[categorical imperative]], [[John Rawls]] with his [[contractualism]], or [[John Locke]] with his theory of [[Natural rights and legal rights|natural rights]] are seen as advocating [[deontological ethics]] today. [[Utilitarianism]] says that an action is right, if it makes more people happy. These are common branches of normative ethics. [[Category:Ethics]]