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Normative Ethics

Normative Ethics is a branch of ethical theory that specifies the principles, rules, or values by which human actions are judged as right or wrong, distinguishing itself from metaethics and applied ethics by focusing on the criteria for morally correct conduct.

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The Tragedy of the Commons

Garrett Hardin · Science · 1968 · 22.9K citations

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The Norm of Reciprocity: A Preliminary Statement

Alvin W. Gouldner · American Sociological Review · 1960 · 11.8K citations

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A focus theory of normative conduct: Recycling the concept of norms to reduce littering in public places.

Robert B. Cialdini, Raymond R. Reno, Carl A. Kallgren · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 5.6K citations

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Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong.

Fred Feldman, J. L. Mackie · The Philosophical Review · 1979 · 5.1K citations

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Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations.

Jesse Graham, Jonathan Haidt, Brian A. Nosek · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2009 · 4.6K citations

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Authors

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  1. SD
    Stephen Darwall

    University of Michigan, United States

    32 publications · 3.3K citations

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  2. JW
    Jeremy Waldron

    New York University, United States

    23 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. RW
    Robert W. McGee

    Fayetteville State University, United States

    29 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. AM
    Alasdair MacIntyre

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    21 publications · 6.7K citations

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  5. TM
    Thaddeus Metz

    University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    18 publications · 6K citations

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    47 h-index

    201 publications

    11.4K citations

  2. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    39 h-index

    82 publications

    7.3K citations

  3. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    39 h-index

    102 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    38 h-index

    103 publications

    4.6K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    38 h-index

    75 publications

    10.1K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    38 h-index

    79 publications

    5.4K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    74 publications

    7.2K citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    35 h-index

    78 publications

    5.6K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 819 publications · 109.9K citations

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  2. The Philosophical Review

    266 publications · 42.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Business Ethics

    394 publications · 22.3K citations

    77

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  4. Ethics

    237 publications · 20.6K citations

    75

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  5. The Philosophical Quarterly

    236 publications · 19.3K citations

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