Ethics Category
Thoughts on Aesthetic Judgments and Ethics
Posted on December 14, 2019
Often we think of what is right and wrong in terms of the outcome of academic reasoning which is not entirely tied to our physical world. Is that entirely what happens though when we come to think of an action or outcome as morally permissible or impermissible? This short post will provide a glimmer of […]
Will China’s Moral Difference Propel it Ahead of the West
Posted on November 2, 2019
Happy post-Halloween weekend Ethic Nutter’s. Today I saw an interesting article on SingularityHub about China’s use of CRISPR which I found compelled to write about. SingularityHub is a futurist source of news on issues shaping the future. In the article “Inside China’s Play to Become the World’s CRISPR Superpower” by Marc Prosser he reviews China’s […]
Governing the Internet – Understanding the need
Posted on September 28, 2019
This post is a short post with just a few things to think about in terms of Internet Ethics in the area of Internet Governance. The idea that the Internet should be governed is a growing discussion point. What was once thought of in only negative terms with reference to the Great Fire Wall of […]
Should Necessity be a Defense to Murder? The Dudley and Stephens case
Posted on April 10, 2019
The focus of this paper is on determining whether necessity should be a defense to murder. In answering this I will examine the role of necessity as a defense, in the case of Dudley and Stephens vs. The Queen, in doing so I will also determine if the verdict in the case was correct. I […]
A Brief Comment on the Complexities of Sharing
Posted on February 2, 2019
Sharing is caring my friend used to say. As a fairly liberally minded University student studying moral ethics, I tended to agree. Although I was not particularly able to donate money earlier in life, I certainly donated considerable amounts of time. There were early volunteer positions for student bodies and later for the United Nations […]
AI and the Drive of the Future
Posted on December 29, 2018
With TESLA being the darling of electronic and self-driving cars, and many following their lead, AI’s role in how we will be driven, no longer drive, is of significant importance. AI itself is in early stages and far from able to analyze the full environment around a car while in motion. Not only is it […]
Treating Dax Cowart
Posted on November 4, 2018
The Dax Cowart case involves many ethical questions and issues ranging from what role physicians should play, to whether or not in this case the physicians made the right decision in treating Dax, even though it was against his decision. It is the goal of this paper to show that the physicians did, in fact, […]
Accountability. Where is it?
Posted on October 27, 2018
All too often politician’s will say one thing then do something entirely different. The need to get support often leads a politician to make claims which either cannot be supported in real terms or for which there was never a true desire to fulfill. Sometimes these statements are made to a wide and large audience […]
Kierkegaard and the attainment of faith
Posted on October 11, 2018
Upon first reading, it is apparent that Kierkegaard writing Fear and Trembling pseudonymously as Johannes de Silentio, which translates to John of Silence, is dealing with the teleological suspension of the ethical and yet with a great deal more. In this paper, I will examine the purpose of the book, which I take to be […]
Expanding on Good
Posted on September 15, 2018
The purpose of this brief is to expand on an earlier post which had within it a definition of Good in its abstraction. A unique definition I thought of while studying in my final year at the University of Toronto. The definition of Good as thought by me, recently edited for clarity, is the following: […]
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