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Henry Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics and Its Philosophical Legacy (1874–1900)

1874 - 1901

Drone warfare ethics and just war considerations (2001–present)

2001 - 2025

Deontological approaches to AI and machine ethics: principles, guidelines, and debates (2010–2025)

2010 - 2025

David Hume's Moral Sentimentalism and the Role of Virtue (1740–1776)

1740 - 1776

Cyber warfare and emerging jus ad bellum/jus in bello norms (2007–present)

2007 - 2021

Carl von Clausewitz’s On War and its ethical reception (1816–1848)

1816 - 1848

Allied strategic bombing and proportionality debates in World War II (1939–1945)

1907 - 1945

Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue and the Neo‑Aristotelian Turn (1981–1990s)

1958 - 1999

Act versus rule deontology debate in analytic ethics (1950–1990)

1955 - 1990

20th‑century moral intuitionism in British and American ethics (1910–1960)

1910 - 1960

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