Key question
Who depends on whom, and whose needs are overlooked?
Check your understanding
Find an example, an application and a limit. Explain the concept without using its name, then compare your explanation with a primary source.
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Claims to examine
Consequences, duties, character and care can support different judgements about the same choice.
Follow a learning route
How do you reason through a difficult moral choice?
Compare consequences, duties, character and care using the same case.
Reading connections
Introduction to Philosophy: 9.2 Consequentialism
Introduction to Philosophy: 9.3 Deontology
Introduction to Philosophy: 9.4 Virtue Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy: 9.6 Feminist Theories of Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy: 10.3 Business Ethics and Emerging Technology
Introduction to Philosophy: 9.1 Requirements of a Normative Moral Theory
Introduction to Philosophy: 10.2 Environmental Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy: 3.1 Indigenous Philosophy