December 26, 2010 by

Weblinks and reading

For good introductory chapters go to: Stewart, N  Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Polity, 2009) Ch.7 Tannsjo, T Understanding Ethics…

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December 22, 2010 by

Past Questions: – Free Will/determinism

Free will and determinism remain a popular choice for examiners, as the first paper in the new spec shows (see below)….

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December 22, 2010 by

Handout: Utilitarianism and Business: Ford Pinto case

Utilitarianism and Business Ethics Introduction Welcome to philosophicalinvestigations – a site dedicated to ethical thinking (rather than one page summaries!!! Though…

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December 18, 2010 by

Powerpoint: 1 Business Ethics and Moral Theories

business ethics and moral theories PPT Here is a revision summary of business ethics by Peter Baron Whizz Through PowerPoint: Business Ethics…

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October 15, 2010 by

Essay: Virtue Ethics v deontology

Character-based ethics is more useful in making moral decisions that rule-based ethics. Discuss – 35 marks Comments on this essay, written…

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September 15, 2010 by

Powerpoint: Emotivism

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August 4, 2010 by

Weblinks – conscience

For an introductory lesson, listen to a lecture about Abu Ghraib prison and how good people “turn evil”: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html Combibe this with  some…

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July 31, 2010 by

Introduction & Issues – Start Here

Meta-ethics Meta-ethics means “beyond ethics”, in other words, rather than asking whether an action is good or bad (normative ethics), meta-ethics…

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July 20, 2010 by

Start Here: – Virtue ethics

In this section we begin by exploring Aristotle’s theory of Virtue Ethics, contained in Eudemian Ethics and Nichomachean Ethics, before examining…

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July 18, 2010 by

Extracts 1- 4: Virtue Ethics

These four extracts have been selected to illustrate different aspects of Virtue Ethics.  They relate to sections of Ethics – an…

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