Applied Ethics is the application of the theories and systems of ethics developed by normative ethics to real-world situations, including fields such as health-care ethics, bioethics, legal ethics and business ethics, and is used by nurses and other health care providers to resolve ethical dilemmas.

Applied Ethics is the application of the theories and systems of ethics developed by normative ethics to real-world situations, including fields such as health-care ethics, bioethics, legal ethics and business ethics, and is used by nurses and other health care providers to resolve ethical dilemmas.

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

Answer: (B)

Applied ethics takes theories from normative ethics and uses them to address real-world situations, such as health-care ethics, bioethics, legal ethics, and business ethics, to help nurses and other health care providers resolve ethical dilemmas. This matches the description given, which emphasizes applying ethical theories to practical decisions in professional contexts. Descriptive ethics studies what people actually believe and do morally, without judging or prescribing actions. Normative ethics asks what is morally right or wrong and what standards we should follow. Epistemology concerns the nature and justification of knowledge.

Applied ethics takes theories from normative ethics and uses them to address real-world situations, such as health-care ethics, bioethics, legal ethics, and business ethics, to help nurses and other health care providers resolve ethical dilemmas. This matches the description given, which emphasizes applying ethical theories to practical decisions in professional contexts.

Descriptive ethics studies what people actually believe and do morally, without judging or prescribing actions. Normative ethics asks what is morally right or wrong and what standards we should follow. Epistemology concerns the nature and justification of knowledge.