Ethics Category
Brain Creates Religion
Posted on June 25, 2020
Hello Ethic Nutters, Recently found a philosopher by the name of Lionel Tiger who has several video’s on Youtube where he expresses his thoughts on the brain and its role in creating religion and idea’s such as God. Really interesting stuff for the summertime. Links: The Brain Creates Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5y5NfIiMqY Can Animals Be Religious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGbGh86fQ_4 […]
Morality without Religion
Posted on June 20, 2020
Hi Ethic Nutters, While some people consider Morality and Religion as one and the same, others see them as separate. Here is a great short video on the above: Frans de Waal – Morality without Religion Enjoy, Andrew
Imposing Values and Ideas: When and Why – An Armchair Ethics Post
Posted on May 17, 2020
The idea or desire to have everyone behave and act as you do is common and an underlying part of the human elements that make up who we are and how we interact. It is far easier to understand someone if they are “just like you” rather than something that is other or different. There […]
Throwing a person in front of a Trolley: When it’s Right and Why – An Armchair Ethics Post
Posted on April 22, 2020
Would you kill one person to save a group? Sounds like the worst choice anyone would ever have to make. How can you weigh one person’s life against another or multiple lives? Are all lives weighted in value equally? Are some people more worth saving than others, worth more than another person’s life? A commonly […]
Some thoughts on what “being mean” means
Posted on March 21, 2020
We have all been mean at some point in our lives. The act of “being mean” to someone is a common component of our societal lives. While it would be ideal if at all times we can treat each other with respect, compassion, and understanding, a part of our humanity leads us to at times […]
Virtue and Achieving Eudaimonia
Posted on February 2, 2020
Hi Ethic Nutters, Just spending a little time today before the Superbowl seeing what is on YouTube on the subject of Ethics. CrashCourse is a great channel with a few videos on Ethics. I particularly like Virtue Ethics so I thought I would share this one first. It’s a perfect short summary with easy to […]
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 […]
