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Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics is a normative philosophical approach that urges people to live a moral life by cultivating virtuous habits.

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Veil of Ignorance

Veil of Ignorance

The Veil of Ignorance is a device for helping people more fairly envision a fair society by pretending that they are ignorant of their personal circumstances.

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Values

Values

Values are society’s shared beliefs about what is good or bad and how people should act.

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Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that asserts that right and wrong are best determined by focusing on outcomes of actions and choices.

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Tangible & Abstract

Tangible & Abstract

The Tangible & Abstract describes how people may make moral errors by focusing too much on immediate factors that are close in time and geography and too little on more abstract factors that are removed in time and place.

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Sustainability

Sustainability

Sustainability is living to meet the needs of the present generation without depleting the resources that future generations will need to meet their needs.

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Social Contract Theory

Social Contract Theory

Social Contract Theory is the idea that society exists because of an implicitly agreed-to set of standards that provide moral and political rules of behavior.

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Self-Serving Bias

Self-Serving Bias

The Self-Serving Bias is the tendency people have to process information in ways that advance their own self-interest or support their pre-existing views.

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Role Morality

Role Morality

Role morality describes how people sometimes apply different ethical standards depending on what role they see themselves playing.

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