# Ethical Frameworks and Moral Reasoning

Introduce the three main ethical frameworks: consequentialism (judge actions by outcomes and overall welfare), deontology (judge actions by adherence to rules and duties regardless of consequences), and virtue ethics (judge actions by the character they reflect); apply each framework to real-world moral dilemmas: climate responsibility, AI ethics, civil disobedience, wealth inequality, healthcare rationing; understand the strengths and limitations of each framework; develop the capacity for careful moral reasoning — the ability to think through ethical questions systematically rather than relying only on intuition or group opinion

Builds on: Community Rights and Responsibilities (hard, https://ai.page/c/community-rights-and-responsibilities/en.md), Peer Pressure and Resisting It (hard, https://ai.page/c/peer-pressure-and-resisting-it/en.md), Online Identity and Misinformation (hard, https://ai.page/c/online-identity-and-misinformation/en.md)

Concept id: ethical-frameworks-and-moral-reasoning. Subject: personal-development. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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