# Ethics — Deck 04

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Category: Philosophy
Slides: 14
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:00.459Z
Tags: philosophy, ethics

## Summary

Four families of moral theory, the famous arguments that ground them, and the famous counter-examples that haunt them. Plus the trolley. Key sections include: Ethics — what should I do?; Three layers of the field; Virtue Ethics; Deontology — the ethics of duty; Consequentialism; Contractualism; The Trolley Problem; Side by Side; Applied Ethics; Meta-Ethics, in Brief.

## Slide Outline

1. Ethics — what should I do?
2. Three layers of the field
3. Virtue Ethics
4. Deontology — the ethics of duty
5. Consequentialism
6. Contractualism
7. The Trolley Problem
8. Side by Side
9. Applied Ethics
10. Meta-Ethics, in Brief
11. The Public Square
12. Key Works
13. Go Deeper
14. Colophon

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