If we are free to choose then we can be responsible for our choices. The 'Is' and 'Ought' debate.
Descriptive ethics describes what moral choices are made.
Descriptive ethics is about 'is' done rather than what 'ought' to be done. Descriptive ethics is about 'is' done rather than what 'ought' to be done. Normative ethics is concerned with norms of action in terms of whether the action is right or wrong. Normative ethics attempts to tell us what is right and wrong. Normative ethics is concerned with what 'ought' to be done. is concerned with norms of action in terms of whether the action is right or wrong.