What subject does Chidi Anagonye teach?

Chidi Anagonye teaches moral philosophy. He is a professor of ethics and moral philosophy whose academic expertise becomes the foundation for Eleanor and Jason’s attempts to become better people.

Chidi’s lessons draw on major traditions in Western moral philosophy, including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and contractualism. He discusses thinkers such as Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Aristotle, and T. M. Scanlon, turning the show’s afterlife comedy into an accessible exploration of difficult ethical questions.

His profession also explains his personality. Chidi believes choices should be justified by sound principles, so even ordinary decisions can trigger exhausting analysis. The irony is that a man who teaches moral reasoning is often paralyzed when he must decide what to do himself.

Quantum physics, art history, and political science are separate academic fields, but they are not Chidi’s established subject. His specialty is sometimes shortened to “ethics,” while “moral philosophy” is the fuller canonical answer used by the series.