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Here are seven questions to determine if you are a utilitarian, a deontologist, or a virtue theorist.

What Kind Of Moral Reasoner Are You?

You're have spent your whole life trying to become a doctor and are finally taking the MCAT in the morning. You're just about to head to bed, when your little sister calls you, drunk off her ass and alone, and asks you to pick her up from the bar. What do

You're babysitting for your neighbor and their son will not stop crying unless he has a binky, but his parents won't let him have it because he is too old and needs to grow out of it. How do you handle the situation?

You finally have a day off and can't wait to relax, until your friend asks you to help them move. This is the same friend who helped you moved into your apartment and you promised to help them when it was their turn. What do you do?

You driving down the road when you hear an ad on the radio telling you to call in for a prize of $1 million. Using your cellphone while driving is dangerous and could cause a serious accident. You're guaranteed to get in a car crash, but also to get $1 mi

Your family is broke and you haven't eaten a decent meal in months. The farmer's market down the street gets left unattended often and you contemplate finally getting food. What happens next?

Uh oh, your hotel you're staying at is burning down and your dog and a stranger are still inside, but you only have time to save one before the place collapses. Who do you save?

Whoa, you got caught up in some spy shit. You poisoned a drink that was supposed to go to your target, but instead got served to a bystander. How do you fix your mistake?

Way to go, champ. You're a true utilitarian. This means you act as to maximize your happiness or pleasure. It's the outcome of this action that determines if it is good or bad, so intentions mean nothing! Congrats!

Utilitarian

Oh you little, deontologist, you. You seem to consider the rightness and wrongness of the actions themselves, rather than the consequences. It is usually described as moral obligation or duty (ha, "duty"). These rule based ethics are keeping your feet on the ground as you work to solve world hunger and simultaneously catch all the Pokemon.

Deontologist

Virtue theorist in the house! Home dawg, your approach to ethics emphasizes an individual's character as the key element of ethical thinking, rather than rules about the acts themselves (Deontology) or their consequences (Consequentialism). Keep on keeping' on kiddo.

Virtue Theorist

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