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Ethical Schools of Thought: Virtue Ethics

G Guidero

An article by Psychology Today outlines for us the basic principles of Virtue Ethics. For reference, Virtue Ethics belongs as a subset to the larger group commonly referred to as normative ethics. Normative ethics deals in distinguishing between what is right and what is wrong. Other ethical schools of thought within normative ethics include deontology and consequentialism. If you subscribe to virtue ethics, here are some questions you’d probably ask yourself when making decisions: The main philosophers that came up with this theory are Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and Alasdair Maclntyre (1929). In a nutshell, virtue ethics will vary depending on … Continue reading Ethical Schools of Thought: Virtue Ethics

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Ethical Schools of Thought: Deontology and Kantian Ethics

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I’m back! I hope you all enjoyed my previous post on utilitarianism, and I wanted to make the next ethical school of thought in my mini-series Deontology, otherwise known as Kantian Ethics. Let’s follow the last post’s structure, shall we? Deontology was created by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher who lived 1724-1804. Deontology is a tiny bit more complicated than utilitarianism, but overall it’s still pretty simple – here’s the overview: Deontology “does not depend exclusively on the consequences of an action to determine its morality.” There are, like with any ethical school of thought, different degrees: Immanuel Kant stated … Continue reading Ethical Schools of Thought: Deontology and Kantian Ethics