This paper aims to answer to the question “Why should we act ethically?” on the basis of an investigation on Robert Spaemann’s moral philosophy. The answer to the question will be provided on the basis of analysis of fundamental ethical questions, such as the difference between ethics and moral, ethics as a practical and not a theoretical science, ethics as a philosophical reflection in its relationship with science, the object of ethics, the types of ethics, and the criteria of ethical valuation. The main aim of the paper is to make ethical reflection accessible to the readership from different areas of expertise.
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