KnowraMoral particularismLinked fromLinked fromThe 14 pages that link to Moral particularism, each with the reason it gives.All 14Related 1Compared with 13ConsequentialismCompared with: It disputes the use of general outcome-ranking principles as a complete moral method.DeontologyCompared with: It challenges the rule-centered approach characteristic of many deontological theories.Moral educationCompared with: It challenges curricula that assume general rules settle every moral situation.CommunitarianismRelated: Communitarian accounts often ground judgment in historically situated practices and relationships.Moral dilemmaCompared with: It challenges the idea that general rules can settle every apparent dilemma.VirtueCompared with: It challenges accounts that treat virtues as stable guides across differing contexts.Moral absolutismCompared with: It challenges the absolutist idea that a principle applies unchanged across cases.Moral universalismCompared with: It questions whether general principles can govern morally different circumstances.Normative ethicsCompared with: It challenges the project of grounding decisions in universal principles.Applied ethicsCompared with: It challenges the assumption that practical cases should be settled by applying stable rules.Reflective equilibriumCompared with: It challenges the method’s reliance on fitting particular judgments with general principles.Categorical imperativeCompared with: It challenges the imperative’s demand for maxims fit to govern universally.The Golden RuleCompared with: It challenges whether one reciprocal maxim can guide every morally distinct situation.Act utilitarianismCompared with: Both attend closely to cases, but act utilitarianism applies a consistent maximizing standard.