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<p><b>Descriptive ethics</b>, also known as <b>comparative ethics</b>, is the study of people's beliefs about <a href="page.php?w=morality">morality</a>. It contrasts with prescriptive or <a href="page.php?w=normative_ethics">normative ethics</a>, which is the study of ethical theories that prescribe how people ought to act, and with <a href="page.php?w=meta-ethics">meta-ethics</a>, which is the study of what ethical terms and theories actually refer to. The following examples of questions that might be considered in each field illustrate the differences</p><p>
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