Copenhagen Agreement 2010
Copenhagen Agreement National leaders and sleep-deprived negotiators thrashed out a text late last night that could determine the balance of power…
Read MoreExtract 4: Singer on Animal Rights
If a being suffers, there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what…
Read MoreExtract 2: Lynn White Origins of the Present Crisis
Lynn White’s essay was first published in 1967. In it she blames a certain branch of Christian Ethics for the unsustainable…
Read MoreExtract 1: Ethical Theories and the Environment
Traditional Ethical Theories and Contemporary Environmental Ethics Source: Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Although environmental ethicists often try to distance themselves from…
Read MoreExtract 3: Utilitarian Ethics and the Tragedy of the Commons
In his essay, The Tragedy of the Commons, Garrett Hardin (1968) looked at what happens when humans do not limit their…
Read MoreGLOBALISATION: Summary of Papal Encyclical
Kirk Hanson of Markkula University has a useful summary of the papal encyclical Caritas in Veritate, on Globalisation and the ethical…
Read MoreINTRODUCTION What is Business Ethics?
The Good Corporation Standard Here are the ethical requirements developed by the US Institute of Business Ethics and a consultancy company…
Read MoreArticle: a Christian approach to business ethics
Click on this link for an excellent short paper on business ethics and Christianity: http://klice.co.uk/uploads/EiB/Webley%20v12.3%20pub.pdf For the papal encyclical 2009 Caritas…
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