Answer and explanation:
Normative ethics is a branch of ethics that reflects on what is morally right and what is wrong. It is through that reflection that principles for human behavior are established.
- <em>"Normative ethics, that part of moral philosophy, or ethics, concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong". (Quoted from Britannica, link is the following: https://www.britannica.com/topic/normative-ethics)</em>
In the other hand, metha-ethics is a branch of ethics that studies metaphysical concepts regarding morality and with special emphasis if these moral values are independent of humans.
- <em>"Metaethics is a branch of analytic philosophy that explores the status, foundations, and scope of moral values, properties, and words". (Quoted from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, link is the following: https://www.iep.utm.edu/metaethi/) </em>
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The main difference between these two branches of philosophy/ethics is that normative ethics main focus is the morality on a certain action, whereas metaethics focus is morality itself.
Answer:
c. voluntary participation
Explanation:
In the context, Professor Smith conducts a research in the dating behaviors of her college students. She wishes to track the students dating behavior through their entire college careers. So on her first class she explains her research work to the students and does the survey during the class.
Thus in this case, the research has an effect on the voluntary participation of the college students as all the students present in her class was given the survey to complete and they were not asked for their voluntary participation in he survey.
Hence the correct option is (c).
