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Utilitarianism

• “Utility” → Happiness
• Branch of consequentialism

ACT

if an action leads to the maximum utility

RULE

Conforms to a rule that leads to maximum utility

may violate individual rights

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Kantian Ethics

• Immanuel Kant
• Branch of Deontology
• moral rules are based in duty, universal moral law, reason

Ignores consequences

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Virtue Ethics

• character, behavioural dispositions, feelings, desires
• Values eg. honesty, kindness
• act in the way a virtuous character would

Elitist and does not provide a concrete criteria for morality

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