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Socratic ethics, emphasis on self-knowledge and virtue
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Platonic ethics, emphasis on the existence of objective moral truths
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Aristotelian ethics, emphasis on the concept of the "golden mean" between excess and deficiency
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Natural law, based on reason and human nature
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Kantian ethics, emphasis on the moral law and the autonomy of the individual
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Utilitarianism, emphasis on the greatest happiness for the greatest number
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Utilitarianism, emphasis on the importance of individual happiness and freedom
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Nietzschean ethics, rejection of traditional morality in favor of the "will to power"
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Heideggerian ethics, emphasis on the concept of "Being-towards-death" and authenticity
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Existentialist ethics, emphasis on freedom and individual responsibility
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Absurdism, emphasis on the human condition of the absurd
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Development as Freedom, emphasis on the concept of freedom as a means to the development of individuals and societies.
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Ethical theory of animal rights, emphasis on the moral consideration of non-human animals.
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Capabilities Approach, emphasis on the ability to live a flourishing life.
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Emotion and reason, emphasis on the role of emotions in ethical thinking.
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Communitarianism, emphasis on the importance of community and tradition in shaping moral beliefs.
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Global justice, emphasis on the moral obligations to address global poverty and inequality.
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Cosmopolitanism, emphasis on the moral obligations that arise from our shared humanity.