Summary |
In Latin America, ethics is one of the oldest disciplines and has developed so closely connected
to social and political philosophy, that any attempt at differentiating these areas is difficult. It has concerned mostly normative general and applied ethics. The ethical implications of various theories of human rights and Hispanic
identity are recurrent topics in Latin American normative ethics,and have attracted considerable attention within both academic and non-academic circles. Environmental ethics, bioethics and business ethics are the main focus in applied ethics. |