*5Ws:  WHO | WHAT | WHEN | WHERE | WHY
 

So called “wh–words” or 5Ws. The elements of circumstances, used by Aristotle as a framework to describe and evaluate moral action. Questions whose answers are considered basic in information gathering. Used in journalism – an information can only be considered as complete if it answers questions starting with these 5 interrogative “wh–words” (Principle of the 5Ws).

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle's best-known work on ethics)