Hasko von Kriegstein

1 INTRODUCTION Regulating international business poses difficulties because the direct power of governments tends to be limited to their geographical territory. So it is unsurprising that we are witnessing a proliferation of nongovernmental attempts at regulation (see Keohane & Victor, 2011).

Authors Abstract At or near the beginning of many textbooks and syllabi in applied or professional ethics is a unit on philosophical moral theories (such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics). However, teaching such theories is of questionable value in this context. This article introduces the moral vocabulary approach. Instead of burdening students with complex ethical theories, they are introduced to the logic of elementary moral concepts.

Authors Abstract This article is an introduction to moral concepts. Its purpose is to introduce and explain vocabulary that can be used both in examining ethical theories, and in talking about the ethically significant aspects of concrete situations. We begin by distinguishing descriptive and normative claims, and explaining how moral claims are a special type of normative claims. We then introduce terms for the moral evaluation of actions, states of affairs, and motives.