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Throughout its age-old tradition, philosophy has continuously been presented with new challenges. The latest one in this series comes from the experimental disciplines and their methodology: experimental philosophy has, during the last 10 to 15 years, increasingly gained reputation, and has certainly been a controversial issue. Within this movement, the field of ethics deserves more attention. This article aims to give not a complete overview of, but at least an introduction to the newly rising field of “Experimental Ethics”, the chances it offers, the problems for discussion and the criticism to be expected.
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Similar criticisims have been raised against order ethics, cf. Luetge and Mukerji 2014.
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Luetge, C. (2022). Chances, Problems and Limits of Experimental Ethics. In: Lütge, C., Thejls Ziegler, M. (eds) Evolving Business Ethics. Wirtschaftsethik in der globalisierten Welt. J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05845-4_6
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