Glossary of Ethics
Glossary of Ethics
| Absolute/relative |
Bad/evil |
Consent |
Evolution |
Harmony |
Intuition |
Moral subjects/moral agents |
Power |
Rights |
Tradition and history |
| Pragmatism |
The separateness of persons |
Tragedy |
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| Act/rule |
Bad faith and self-deception |
Consequentialisrn |
Facts/values |
Hedonism |
The "is/ought gap" |
Natural law |
Proportionality |
Sex and gender |
Universalizability |
| Aesthetics |
Beneficence/non-maleficence |
Consistency |
Fairness |
Honor/shame |
Justice and lawfulness |
Naturalism |
Prudence |
Skepticism |
Virtue ethics |
| Agency |
Care |
Contractarianism |
Fallacies |
Impartiality and objectivity |
Just war theory |
Need |
Public/private |
Speciesism |
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| Akrasia |
Casuistry and rationalization |
Counterexamples |
Fallenness |
Individual/collective |
Legal/moral |
Nihilism |
Radical particularity | Standpoint |
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| Alienation |
Cause/reason |
Culture critique |
False consciousness |
Injury |
Liberation/oppression |
Pain and pleasure |
Rationalism |
Stoic cosmopolitanism |
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| Amoralism |
Character |
Deontological ethics |
Finitude |
Intentions/consequences |
Means/ends |
Particularism |
Reflective equilibrium |
Subjectivism |
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| Authenticity |
Cognitivism/non-cognitivism |
Discourse ethics |
Flourishing |
Interest |
Merit |
Paternalism |
Relativism |
Supererogation |
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| Authority |
Commission/omission |
Divine command |
Free will and determinism |
Internalism/ externalism |
Metaethics/normative ethics |
Perfectionism |
Restoration |
Sympathy |
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| Autonomy |
Conscience |
Egoism |
The golden mean |
Intrinsic/instrumental value |
Moral luck |
Pluralism |
Revelation |
Thought experiments |
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