Formal Moral System

A Formal Moral System is a moral system that is a formal decisioning system.

• AKA: Moral Decisioning Theory, Normative Ethical Theory, Moral System Pattern.
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• Example(s):
  • a Consequentialist Moral System, such as utilitarianism.
  • a Deontological Moral System, such as Kantianism or Duty-based Morality.
  • a Contract-based Ethical Theory/Contractarianism.
  • a Character-based Ethical Theory, such as Virtue Ethics.
  • a Pragmatic Ethical Theory.
  • a Nihilism.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Informal Moral System.
  • a Personal Moral System.
  • a Scientific Belief System.
• See: Formal Belief System,

Humanism.

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