Ethics & Philosophy
5 concepts
- Moral Relativism vs. Universal EthicsSomeone invokes cultural tradition to justify a practice that causes identifiable suffering to people who did not consent.
- UtilitarianismYou weigh a decision by totaling up the well-being it creates and the suffering it prevents across everyone affected.
- DeontologyYou refuse to do something that would produce a better outcome because the act itself crosses a moral line.
- Veil of IgnoranceYou are defending an arrangement that benefits you — and realize you would never accept it from the losing side.
- Hanlon's RazorYour colleague left you off the meeting invite and you are already drafting the story of why they did it on purpose.