Category: moral

The Examined Life Video Presentation

Thanks for the presentations this morning. Very interesting and enjoyable…and I like this video! Well done all.

Ethics Bites

Now available, on Open2. net, the first of fourteen podcasts on applied ethics, presented by Nigel Warburton. Including interviews with high profile contemporary ethicists, including Peter Singer, Michael Sandel, Thomas Scanlon, Mary Warnock, and Roger ScrutonThis is available…

Malmesbury School Visit

Another week – another visit. This time I was in Malmesbury, to visit some year 12 and 13 students to talk about applying moral theory to dilemmas. I talked about the Omelas short story, and the Runaway Trolley…

New Year’s Resolutions

According to an article I read today, the practice of making New Year’s Resolutions dates back to Babylonian times:Four thousand years ago in Babylonian times, resolutions were made with theintention that what was done on the first day…