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type: software
title: "Philosophische Entscheidungsanalyse (PDI) — Academic Edition"
abstract: >
  Interactive tool for the systematic analysis of ethical decision
  situations through twelve philosophical traditions. Pluralistic
  structure-comparison approach instead of monistic synthesis.
  Designed for school (Sek. II), university (Bachelor, Master),
  professional practice, and personal reflection. Single-file React
  application with persistent browser storage, four citation styles
  (APA, Harvard, Chicago, MLA), 50+ glossary terms, and cross-tool
  JSON export (konkordanz-v1 schema).
version: "2.3"
date-released: 2026-05-13
url: "https://syntagma-science.com/werkzeuge/pdi/"
license: CC-BY-4.0
authors:
  - family-names: "Schüller"
    given-names: "Thomas"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9799-6747"
    email: "forschung@tschueller.com"
    affiliation: "Independent researcher"
    city: "Vienna"
    country: AT
keywords:
  - ethics
  - applied ethics
  - philosophy
  - decision support
  - pluralism
  - education
  - structure-comparison
  - multi-theory analysis
  - kant
  - utilitarianism
  - virtue ethics
  - rawls
  - care ethics
  - discourse ethics
  - existentialism
  - feminist ethics
  - confucianism
  - ubuntu philosophy
  - natural law
  - pragmatism
  - AI-assisted analysis
  - LLM
  - claude
identifiers:
  - type: other
    value: "PDI-v2.3"
    description: "Internal version identifier"
references:
  - type: article
    authors:
      - family-names: "Schüller"
        given-names: "Thomas"
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9799-6747"
    title: "Strukturvergleich statt Synthese: Methodische Grundlagen einer pluralistischen Multi-Theorie-Ethikanalyse"
    year: 2026
    notes: "Working Paper v1.0, CC BY 4.0"
preferred-citation:
  type: software
  title: "Philosophische Entscheidungsanalyse (PDI) — Academic Edition"
  authors:
    - family-names: "Schüller"
      given-names: "Thomas"
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9799-6747"
  version: "2.3"
  year: 2026
  license: CC-BY-4.0