Ethics and values

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

• Virtue Ethics

• The Veil of Ignorance

• A Subject of Moral Worth

• Values

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

• Virtue Ethics

• The Veil of Ignorance

• A Subject of Moral Worth

• Values

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

• Virtue Ethics

• The Veil of Ignorance

• A Subject of Moral Worth

• Values

…is any person or entity that deserves people’s moral consideration.

• Virtue Ethics

• The Veil of Ignorance

• A Subject of Moral Worth

• Values

… means cheating for the benefit of someone else.

• Applied Ethics

• Values

• Altruism

• Altruistic cheating

…, also called practical ethics, is the application of ethics to real-world problems.

• Applied Ethics

• Values

• Altruism

• Altruistic cheating

…means that people are limited in their ability to make ethical choices.

• Values

• Altruism

• Bounded Ethicality

• Behavioral ethics

… occurs when people fail to take action because they assume that since others nearby are not acting, action is not appropriate.

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Cognitive bias

• Ethical fading

• Hedonism

… is a form of consequentialism that approves of actions that produce pleasure and avoid pain.

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Cognitive bias

• Ethical fading

• Hedonism

… occurs when people focus on some other aspect of a decision so that the ethical dimensions of the choice fade from view.

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Cognitive bias

• Ethical fading

• Hedonism