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19th-century ethics
3Rs (Reduction, Refinement, Replacement)

A

Absolute Duty
Absolute morality
Accountability
ACM Code of Ethics
Act consequentialism
Act utilitarianism
Act vs. Rule Utilitarianism
Act-omission distinction
Actual Duty
Advance directives
Affect Heuristic
Affective Reasoning
Agent-neutral theories
Agent-relative theories
Ai ethics
Alasdair MacIntyre
Algorithmic bias
Amartya Sen
American Medical Association Code of Ethics
Amnesties
Amnesty International
Anchoring Bias
Animal agriculture
Animal Consciousness
Animal Experimentation
Animal Liberation
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Animal Welfare Act
Anthropocentrism
Applied ethics
Arete
Argument from Queerness
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
Aristotle
Aristotle's Ethics
Arne Naess
Artificial general intelligence
Authenticity
Autonomy
Availability heuristic

B

Behavior modification
Belmont Report
Beneficence
Beneficence
Benevolence
Best interests standard
Bill of Rights
Biocentrism
Biodiversity conservation
Bioethics
Biometric data ethics
Biopolitics
Brain-computer interfaces
Business ethics
Business ethics case studies

C

Cap-and-trade
Capabilities approach
Capability approach
Capacity to consent
Carbon footprint responsibility
Carbon taxation
Care ethics
Career Impact
Carol Gilligan
Categorical imperative
Character assessment
Character development
Charity
Children as research subjects
CIPA
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act