Ethics

Moral philosophy: theories of right action and the good life.

Parent category: Philosophy

Articles (3)

• The Trolley Problem: Ethics, Variants, and Why It Matters
  The trolley problem asks whether to divert a runaway trolley to kill one person instead of five. Explore its variants, the ethical theories, and AI applications.
• Deontology
  The ethical theory that the morality of an action depends on duty and rules rather than consequences, most associated with Immanuel Kant.
• Utilitarianism
  The moral theory that judges actions by their consequences for overall well-being: its classical forms, modern variants, and standard objections.

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