Editing Applied ethics (section)

{{Short description|Practical application of moral considerations}}
{{Redirect|Practical ethics|the book|Practical Ethics{{!}}''Practical Ethics''}}
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'''Applied ethics''' is the practical aspect of [[morality|moral]] considerations. It is [[ethics]] with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law, and leadership.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396577/obo-9780195396577-0006.xml |title=Applied Ethics |website=Oxford Bibliographies |access-date=25 June 2017 |first1=    Thomas Søbirk |last1=Petersen |first2=Jesper |last2=Ryberg |date=2010 |doi=10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0006 |isbn=978-0-19-539657-7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719051943/http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396577/obo-9780195396577-0006.xml |archive-date= Jul 19, 2017 }}</ref> For example, [[bioethics]] is concerned with identifying the best approach to moral issues in the life sciences, such as [[euthanasia]], the allocation of scarce health resources, or the use of human embryos in research.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disability-care-rationing/ |title=Disability and Health Care Rationing |website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |access-date=25 June 2017 |publisher=The Metaphysics Research Lab, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University |date=Jan 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240115193840/https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disability-care-rationing/ |archive-date= 15 Jan 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/ |title=Voluntary Euthanasia |website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=The Metaphysics Research Lab, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University |access-date=25 June 2017 |orig-date=Apr 18, 1996 |date=May 24, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130806163130/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/ |archive-date= 6 Aug 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stem-cells/ |title=Ethics of Stem Cell Research |website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=The Metaphysics Research Lab, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University |access-date=25 June 2017 |orig-date=Apr 25, 2008 |date=Dec 19, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615184259/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stem-cells/ |archive-date= 15 Jun 2013 }}</ref> [[Environmental ethics]] is concerned with ecological issues such as the responsibility of government and corporations to clean up pollution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/envi-eth/ |title=Environmental Ethics |website=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |access-date=25 June 2017 |first1=Alasdair |last1=Cochrane }}</ref> [[Business ethics]] includes the duties of [[Whistleblowing |whistleblower]]s to the public and to their employers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-business/ |title=Business Ethics |website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=The Metaphysics Research Lab, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University |access-date=25 June 2017 |orig-date=Nov 17, 2016 |date=Jun 8, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212231107/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-business/ |archive-date= 12 Dec 2012 }}</ref>