Philosophy for Everyday Decisions
Like Duolingo, but for Philosophy for Everyday Decisions. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Making Everyday Moral Calls and Testing Truth and Finding Purpose. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Philosophy for Everyday Decisions
- Utilitarianism judges an action solely by its outcome rather than intentions or rules
- The right choice is whatever produces the greatest amount of overall well-being or saves the most lives
- Previous promises or arrival order carry no independent moral weight if breaking them saves more people
- Deontology argues that certain moral duties, like honesty, are strict rules that must not be broken
- A good outcome does not justify breaking a fundamental moral rule under duty-based ethics
- Consequences do not determine whether an act is fundamentally right or wrong
- Both scenarios trade one life for five, showing outcomes alone don't explain how we judge actions
- People feel a deep moral difference between diverting an existing threat and actively weaponizing an innocent bystander
- The scenario forces a collision between minimizing total harm and refusing to commit an active physical wrong
- Using someone merely as a tool ignores their ability to choose and consent for themselves
- Mutually agreed transactions (like paying a barista for coffee) respect agency, whereas manipulation or deception treats someone as an instrument
- Achieving a noble social goal does not justify using an uninformed or unwilling person to get there
- Pragmatic choices weigh trade-offs and accept imperfect realities to generate net positive results
- Principles establish non-negotiable boundaries where certain actions are forbidden no matter the stakes
- Everyday moral decisions constantly require discerning when to compromise on results versus when to hold firm on basic duties
- The veil of ignorance asks you to choose rules as if you do not know your own wealth, health, or social standing
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Philosophy for Everyday Decisions the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Under a utilitarian view, which option is always considered the right choice?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Philosophy for Everyday Decisions takes you
Discover how centuries of philosophy offer practical tools for modern dilemmas, from splitting chores fairly to deciding what to believe. Turn big ideas like ethics, fairness, and existentialism into clear guides for daily life.
- 1
Making Everyday Moral Calls
- Choosing What's Right: Results vs. Principles
- Dividing the Pie: Fairness in Practice
- 2
Testing Truth and Finding Purpose
- Knowing What to Believe: Doubt and Evidence
- Creating Meaning: Freedom and Agency
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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