Why does magma rise to the Earth's surface? A: Magma rises to the Earth's surface due to a combination of differences in density with other rocks in the crust and pressure. The differences in density ca... Full Answer >
Normative ethics is the study of ethical action. It is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates the set of questions that arise when considering how one ought to act, morally speaking.
As a philosophical discipline whose purpose is to explore and explicate moral and ethical values, ethics is a critical enterprise. To realize this critical purpose, ethics (whether metaethics or normative ethics) relies upon logical analysis and argumentation.