The textbook provides a systematic presentation of ethics - in the unity of theoretical, normative and applied ethics. Discussions are conducted in an explicit or implied polemical context. Many theoretical questions offer innovative approaches; some of the disclosed issues have not yet received sufficient, or even any coverage in modern Russian-language literature. The two-level method of submitting material allows you to adapt the study of ethics for different tasks of special and general education training. The textbook is provided with short dictionaries of names and terms. Corresponds to the latest generation GEF VO.