Overview – Applied Ethics

Applied ethics takes the ethical theories we studied previously and applies them to practical moral issues.

The syllabus looks at 4 possible ethical applications:

• Stealing
• Simulated killing
• Eating animals
• Telling lies

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Stealing

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Utilitarianism

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Kant’s deontological ethics

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Aristotle’s virtue theory

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Simulated killing

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Utilitarianism

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Kant’s deontological ethics

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Aristotle’s virtue theory

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Eating animals

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Utilitarianism

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Kant’s deontological ethics

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Aristotle’s virtue theory

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Telling lies

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Utilitarianism

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Kant’s deontological ethics

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Aristotle’s virtue theory

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