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Deontology

BY The Ethics Centre 1 NOV 2023
What makes something right or wrong? One answer comes from the work of German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
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Ethics Explainer: Deontology

BY The Ethics Centre and ethics 18 FEB 2016
If you believe it’s noble to do the right thing for the right thing’s sake, you’ve got something in common with Immanuel Kant.
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Ask an ethicist: Should I use AI for work?

BY Daniel Finlay 8 SEP 2025
Unsure whether to use AI tools to help with your work? There are a few ethical frameworks to help guide your reasoning.
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Ethics Explainer: Just Punishment

BY The Ethics Centre 6 DEC 2024
We can think about just punishment as a question about what we deserve. But who decides what we deserve, and on what basis?
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Big Thinker: Philippa Foot

BY The Ethics Centre 11 APR 2024
Philippa Foot was one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics, reviving the dominant Aristotelian ethics in the 20th century.