Situated ethics

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Situated ethics, often confused with

philosophy of action
.

There are also

decentralisation
.

Embodiment

Humans pass through Kohlberg/Gilligan's stages of moral development.[1] Up to stage 3 (Conventional morality:Good Interpersonal Relationships), these stages are compatible with embodiment. Most philosophy of law emphasizes that the fact that bodies take risk to enforce laws, make laws embodied at least to the degree they are enforced.

However, the stages become problematic when

property rights
.

References

  1. ^ Kohlberg, L. (1984). The Psychology of Moral Development: The Nature and Validity of Moral Stages in Essays on Moral Development, Volume 2. Harper & Row.
  • Helen Simons Robin Usher (2000) Situated Ethics in Educational Research ()

See also