Ethics · C/D
Morality
When a constraint and a better outcome conflict, which one gives way?
This axis sets outcomes against constraints such as duties and rights. Virtue ethics is a major alternative and is not the midpoint. The score is not a verdict on whether you are kind.
Consequentialism
The consequentialist inclination makes rightness depend primarily on what an act brings about. Mill’s utilitarianism is one developed form. It can still defend rules, if the rules are justified by the outcomes of having them.
Deontology
The deontological inclination holds that some acts are wrong even when their results are better. Kant’s duty is the usual reference, and it is stricter and more systematic than a feeling that some things are “just wrong.”
Provisional profile
A mixed result often means you treat some constraints as real and some outcomes as decisive, depending on the case. That can be a moral view. It is not automatically virtue ethics, which asks what a good person would do and what a good life is.
Disclaimer
- It does not sort people into kind and cruel.
- It does not include virtue, care, or Confucian role ethics as scored poles.