Editing Normative ethics (section)

=== Other theories ===

*[[Social contract|Social contract theories]] are a wide range of postulates concerning the voluntary and consensual pacts between two or more individuals or collectives, whose actions related to the following of the clauses of said contract posited while it was in force should be respected and obeyed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Social Contract Theory {{!}} Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |url=https://iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Deontology and the Social Contract |url=http://www.munmund.net/courses/spring2018/slides_Jan25.pdf}}</ref>
*[[Ethics of care]], or relational ethics, founded by [[feminist theory|feminist theorists]], notably [[Carol Gilligan]], argues that morality arises out of the experiences of [[empathy]] and compassion. It emphasizes the importance of [[Systems theory|interdependence]] and relationships in achieving ethical goals.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hekman |first=Susan J. |title=Moral voices, moral selves: Carol Gilligan and feminist moral theory |date=1995 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=978-0-271-01483-8 |location=University Park, Pa}}</ref>
*[[Pragmatic ethics]] is difficult to classify fully within any of the four preceding conceptions. This view argues that moral correctness evolves similarly to other kinds of knowledge—socially over the course of many lifetimes—and that norms, principles, and moral criteria are likely to be improved as a result of inquiry. [[Charles Sanders Peirce]], [[William James]], and [[John Dewey]] are known as the founders of pragmatism; a more recent proponent of pragmatic ethics was [[James D. Wallace]].
*[[Role ethics]] is based on the concept of family roles.