Extract 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 MoreExtract 3: Nazi Euthanasia programme
In October of 1939 amid the turmoil of the outbreak of war Hitler ordered widespread “mercy killing” of the sick and…
Read MoreExtract 2: Saviour siblings – the Gregorys
Jason and Lesley Gregory has baby Michael to save their daughter Harriet. But are saviour siblings ethical? Harriet was born with…
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…
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