Editing Analytic philosophy (section)

==== Applied ethics ====
Since around 1970, a significant feature of analytic philosophy has been the emergence of [[applied ethics]]—an interest in the application of moral principles to specific practical issues. The philosophers following this orientation view ethics as involving humanistic values, which involve practical implications and applications in the way people interact and lead their lives socially.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Philosophical Perspectives on Communalism and Morality in African Traditions|last=Ikuenobe|first=Polycarp|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7391-1131-4|location=Oxford|page=104}}</ref>

Topics of special interest for applied ethics include [[environmental ethics]], [[animal rights]], and the many challenges created by advancing [[bioethics|medical science]].<ref>Brennan, Andrew and Yeuk-Sze Lo (2002). "Environmental Ethics" [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/#2 §2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801143528/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/ |date=1 August 2013 }}, in ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''.</ref><ref>Gruen, Lori (2003). "[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal/ The Moral Status of Animals]," in ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''.</ref><ref>See Hursthouse, Rosalind (2003). "Virtue Ethics" [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/#3 §3], in ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' and Donchin, Anne (2004). "[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-bioethics/ Feminist Bioethics]" in ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''.</ref> In education, applied ethics addressed themes such as punishment in schools, [[Equal opportunity|equality of educational opportunity]], and education for democracy.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Methods in Philosophy of Education|url=https://archive.org/details/methodsphilosoph00heyt|url-access=limited|last1=Heyting|first1=Frieda|last2=Lenzen|first2=Dieter|last3=White|first3=John|publisher=Routledge|year=2002|isbn=978-0-415-24260-8|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/methodsphilosoph00heyt/page/n30 18]}}</ref>