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New Video Series: Western Ethics Theories
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A new series of Daily Philosophy whiteboard explainer videos has just been published on YouTube. It gives a very short, and hopefully amusing, introduction to the main theories of Western ethics.If you like reading about philosophy, here's a free, weekly . . .
A new series of Daily Philosophy whiteboard explainer videos has just been published on YouTube. It gives a very short, and hopefully amusing, introduction to the main theories of Western ethics.

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Western Ethics Theories: The Shortest Possible Overview.

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Find the series as one article right here on Daily Philosophy:

New Video Series: Western Ethics Theories


Andreas Matthias: Western Ethics Theories

We examine the basic ideas behind the four main Western ethics theories: utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, social contract ethics and virtue ethics.

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