October 12, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Peter Singer’s Preference Utilitarianism

An exploration of Peter Singer’s Preference Utilitarianism. Preference utilitarianism from Peped   Preference utilitarianism from Peped

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October 12, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Mill’s Utilitarianism

An exploration of what Mill might have meant by weak rule utilitarianism (not his terminology) Utilitarianism Mill from Peped Utilitarianism Mill…

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October 12, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Kant – Ethics of Duty and Respect

An exploration of three versions of the Categorical Imperative with this powerpoint by Peter Baron Kant from Peped   Kant from…

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August 13, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Meta-ethics, emotivism and prescriptivism

Here is a wide-ranging introductory powerpoint on meta-ethics.   For more detailed powerpoints go to the three powerpoints on htis site,…

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Extract 3: Intuitionism

For a very clear, brief discussion of Moore’s intuitionism, follow the link below. http://www.philosophy.uncc.edu/mleldrid/SzCMT/intuit.html Further reading on GE Moore is here

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August 13, 2015 by

Advanced Article:Hare and Universalisability

For an excellent article with many useful quotes and criticisms of Hare’s prescriptivism go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~socrates/papers/Hare%20on%20Universalizability.pdf

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August 13, 2015 by

Advanced Article: Business ethics and the environment (Schumacher)

Business ethics and the environment (Schumacher)

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August 13, 2015 by

Film: CLIP: A Fistful of Dollars and Aristotle

This superb introduction on Aristotelean Virtue Ethics centres ona film clip of the Western hero – Clint Eastwood.  Alternatively, use the…

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August 13, 2015 by

Handout: Anscombe and MacIntyre

Virtue Ethics Changing Modern Moral Philosophy: Anscombe and MacIntyre I like this article from the Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy – a…

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August 13, 2015 by

Article 8: The meaning of eudaimonia

Source: http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Valu/ValuRiuk.htm The summum bonum, the highest good, of human life is, according to both teleological and deontological theories, happiness, which…

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