Give it to me straight, Doc.
I was listening to the radio on the way into work this morning, as you do, thinking about the preponderance of medical cases in applied ethics. The IDEA CETL (that’s the place in Leeds where we Added...
View ArticleShould happiness-maximisation be the goal of government?
As the leader of the opposition David Cameron promised a new age of government in this TED talk. He argues that the purpose of government is not just to create economic growth, but also to promote...
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Would you kill the big guy?
Portrait of Daniel Lambert: Engraving published by J. Robins & Co. Albion Press,London : 1 July 1821 The BBC world service recently produced a two part documentary on the trolley problem. The...
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Suicide and Assisted Suicide: Vets and Cosmonauts.
The press frequently refer to cases of suicide, and this is no surprise since suicide is deeply affecting. These cases prompt us to seek an understanding of the actions of the people involved and to...
View ArticleReview of ‘The Moral Landscape’ by Sam Harris
This review appeared in the June edition of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s ‘E&T Magazine’, and is duplicated on my blog. Sam Harris argues for the relevance of science to questions...
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Corporate Social Responsibility
This post also appears on my blog. In writing a teaching unit on CSR recently, I was forced to try and articulate what has long bothered me about the idea, so I thought I would share my conclusions:...
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