You feel strongly and cannot argue it
The conviction is there and the reasoning is not.
Courses
See what you would learn
Reason clearly when reasonable people disagree about what is right.
A course on ethical reasoning for everyday dilemmas. It compares consequences, duties and virtues as ways of thinking, applies them to cases where thoughtful people differ, and helps you reason to a position you can defend.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to reason more clearly about ethical dilemmas. Compare consequences, duties, and virtues using everyday cases where reasonable people might disagree.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Philosophy
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- Where do dilemmas arise for you: work, family, money, public questions?
- Do you tend to decide by gut, by rules, or by outcomes?
- Is there a dilemma you are facing now?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
Work puts you in grey areas
The rules run out and you are left with judgement.
You want to disagree better
Ethical arguments with others go nowhere and you would like to understand why.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Why ethics is hard
Competing goods, uncertainty and the limits of rules.
Consequences
Weighing outcomes, and where that reasoning breaks down.
Duties
Rules, rights and the things you should not do even for a good result.
Virtues
What a good person would do, and why character matters to ethics.
Real cases
Working dilemmas where the lenses conflict.
Reasoning together
Disagreeing about ethics productively, and changing your mind when you should.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Use three lenses
Apply consequences, duties and virtues to the same case and see what each reveals.
Locate the disagreement
Find where two reasonable people actually part ways.
Defend a position
Reason to a view you can explain and revise.
Ideas this course corrects
Ethics is just opinion
Opinions can be better or worse reasoned. Ethics is the discipline of reasoning about them well.
One framework has the right answers
Each framework captures something real and fails somewhere. The skill is using them together.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on ethical reasoning for everyday dilemmas. It compares consequences, duties and virtues as ways of thinking, applies them to cases where thoughtful people differ, and helps you reason to a position you can defend. It sits under Philosophy in the Ideas & discovery part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to reason more clearly about ethical dilemmas. Compare consequences, duties, and virtues using everyday cases where reasonable people might disagree.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.