Rand on the study of Ethics

Rand, Ayn (1964-11-01). The Virtue of Selfishness (Signet) (p. 12).
Penguin Group. Kindle Edition.

> What, then, are the right goals for man to pursue? What are the values his survival requires? That is the question to be answered by the science of ethics. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why man needs a code of ethics.

Its problematic to call ethics a field of science. It can not be
measured using machines. The criticism applied to its knowledge does
not include physical evidence. I expect that many
pro-science/anti-philosophy people would pounce on this. So I'd call
it the Philosophy of Ethics. Or rather, Moral Philosophy.

-- Rami Rustom
http://ramirustom.blogspot.com