philosophy - Morality, Ethics and reasoning. Article

Descriptive and Prescriptive Morality
Difference Between Descriptive and Prescriptive Morality
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Descriptive and Prescriptive Morality
The abstract entity of Morality can be described using two heuristic theories that explain the idea of Universal Morality. Outlining the architect of the existing Morality is the theory of Descriptive Morality, where the existing Morality is described. Prescriptive Morality, on the other hand, encompasses theories and approaches that bring onboard new moral systems where none exists. For example, helping a stranger who tripped and fell refers to the descriptive morality theory, but human beings' cloning issue is under prescriptive morality theory as the issue has not happened yet.
The main difference between the descriptive and the prescriptive theory of Morality are the goals they have towards Morality. The fundamental question answered by descriptive morality theory is what is wrong or right in the eyes of the people (Andrew, 2019). ...