Analytical Scope of Ethical Research

The beginning of any research depends on knowing the place of that research in the system of human knowledge. In other words, the researcher needs to know in what field of sciences and knowledge the subject he / she is researching. Ethical research is no exception. The researcher of ethics, before doing anything in his research, recognizes his field of research and organizes his research path in that field. In this article, by analyzing the researches done in this field, the geography of ethical researches has been studied and while an analytical and explanatory effort of ethical researches has been made, it has introduced seven areas for these researches. The generalities of ethics, normative ethics, meta-ethics, descriptive ethics, ethical psychology, Moral education and sociology of ethics are these seven areas.