January 4, 2010 by

Handout: Trafigura, Enron, Pacific Gas, RBS

Business Ethics There is little guidance on how to treat the new syllabus addition of Business Ethics, nor as to whether…

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December 31, 2009 by

Summary Sheet: Moral Relativism

Relativism– who is to say? Try this self-marking multiple choice by pressing this link: http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495502357&discipline_number=10 andrewgustafson@creighton.edu Nietzsche: God is Dead                 Dostoevsky:…

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December 11, 2009 by

Case Study: Von Stauffenberg

Claus von Stauffenberg Few of us will ever find ourselves in a position to kill one to save the many: the…

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December 11, 2009 by

ETHICALTHEORIES Summary Sheet

Philosopher The Meaning of ‘Good’ Strengths/Weaknesses VIRTUE ETHICS ·Aristotle Alasdair MacIntyre Teleological Good character based on virtues, acquired by habit and…

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December 8, 2009 by

RELIGION and SOCIETY Section 1 Rel and Social Resp past questions

RELIGION and SOCIETY Past questions SECTION 1 Religion and Social responsibility Note: you don’t need to talk about Islam for this…

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December 7, 2009 by

Article: Divine Command Theories

Divine Command Theory of Ethics Philip Quinn gives a masterful summary of Divine Command Ethics. http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/ethics/entries/theologicalethics.pdf Any ethical doctrine that makes…

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November 28, 2009 by

Article: Ethics of premature baby care

The Ethics of neonatal care from The Observer January 28th 2008 Read the article below and discuss the issue: “Morally should…

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November 26, 2009 by

Extract 3: Determinism, Eugenics and Winesses in History

In these three extracts we have insights into how eugenics, the theory of genetic inferiority and breeding for a superior race,…

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November 21, 2009 by

Extract 6: Debate Hume with Locke

A dialogue with Locke on freedom of the will : Hume, An Essay concerning Human Understanding Locke: ‘so far as a…

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November 18, 2009 by

Extract 1: Brave New World and soma

David Pearce reviews Brave New World on www.huxley .net J.J. Smart produces the example of a pleasure machine in his book…

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