Great tutorial to #ethics in the context of medicine. http://t.co/OIdXvNq Great for #IBTOK #YISTOK classes have a look!
Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's #Ethics http://t.co/sNpg9d0 great interview with some great basics clearly explained #yistok #ibtok
Personal ethical dilemma found as emotion and reason battle it out to determine moral action http://ow.ly/1s4c3p #ibtok #ethics
www.cariboo.bc.ca/ae/php/phil/mclaughl/courses/ethics/bioeth/dilemmas.htm BlackBerry from DOCOMO ...
"You might expect people who specialize in moral philosophy to behave better than other people. Eric Schwitzgebel has done some empirical investigation of whether this is the case, and it doesn't seem to be. What does that show about ethics? Philosophy Bites investigates." Very accessible discussion on hypocrisy
Mencius (fourth century B.C.E.) sought to defend the teachings of Confucius (sixth to fifth century B.C.E.) against other influential movements of thought, especially those associated with Mozi (fifth century B.C.E.) and Yang Zhu (fifth to fourth century B.C.E.). He is probably best known for the view that “human nature is good”, a view of human nature on the basis of which he defended the Confucian ideal and developed an account of the self-cultivation process.
"Interview Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation, Should the Baby Live?, and A Darwinian Left, among many other works. Since Dr. Singer's recent appointment as at Princeton University he has been subjected to a storm of controversy as a result of his views on the ethics of euthanizing disabled newborns."
Outstanding resource about utilitarianism including Hume, Bentham, Godwin, Mill, Sidgwick, Hare, and Singer.
"This clip from SAMSARA showing food production and consumption has been getting a lot of attention!"
Very thorough introduction to the main terminology and topics associated with Ethics.