Normative ethics uses the concepts and principles discovered by meta ethics to guide decision making about what is right or wrong in interactions.

Normative ethics uses the concepts and principles discovered by meta ethics to guide decision making about what is right or wrong in interactions.

• A. Descriptive Ethics
• B. Normative Ethics
• C. Applied Ethics
• D. Meta Ethics

Answer: (B)

Normative ethics concerns what makes actions right or wrong and provides standards to guide decisions in interactions. The statement fits best because normative ethics uses the insights and frameworks developed in metaethics to justify and apply these standards when deciding how to act—for example, applying duties, consequences, or virtuous character to real choices. Metaethical questions about the meaning of moral terms and the status of moral truths underpin these normative theories, showing how concepts from metaethics inform the criteria used to judge actions. Descriptive ethics describes how people actually think or behave morally, not how they ought to act. Applied ethics uses normative theories to address specific practical issues, but does not define the general decision-making standards itself. Meta ethics studies the nature of moral knowledge and language rather than providing practical decision-making guidelines.

Normative ethics concerns what makes actions right or wrong and provides standards to guide decisions in interactions. The statement fits best because normative ethics uses the insights and frameworks developed in metaethics to justify and apply these standards when deciding how to act—for example, applying duties, consequences, or virtuous character to real choices. Metaethical questions about the meaning of moral terms and the status of moral truths underpin these normative theories, showing how concepts from metaethics inform the criteria used to judge actions. Descriptive ethics describes how people actually think or behave morally, not how they ought to act. Applied ethics uses normative theories to address specific practical issues, but does not define the general decision-making standards itself. Meta ethics studies the nature of moral knowledge and language rather than providing practical decision-making guidelines.