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Schools of Ethics Compared

Kuba wrote 4 days ago: Deontological ethics Analyses the actual action. Goal: Morality is a question of adhering to a set o … more →

Tags: ethics, Evil, Philosophy, Sociology, Will, deontological ethics, Morality, Virtue Ethics

'The Amazing Spiderman' and The Problems of High-School Dramas.

oskarmatzerath1 wrote 2 weeks ago: The amazing Spiderman (2012), directed by Marc Webb, has garnered a lot of attention; from fans loya … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Psychology, Justice, ethics, deontology, Comic Books, Comics, Spiderman, Superman

'Cause I told you once, you son of a bitch3 comments

absurdbeats wrote 3 weeks ago: The Dems need some sons-of-bitches. I’ve been mulling this ever since the presidents-are-assho … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, punishment, Machiavelli, Republicans, Ruthlessness, Democrats, Presidency, Sons of Bitches

The Suicide's Wager

Jin-yeong Yi wrote 3 weeks ago: By Jin-yeong Yi In late 2006, Ludwig Minelli, a Swiss lawyer and the founder of Switzerland-based as … more →

Tags: Assisted Suicide, Causality, Dignitas, ethics, Morality, Philosophy, Suicide

Goodly and God-free: An Atheist's Ethics3 comments

The Auricle wrote 1 month ago: So we’re atheists, sceptics, agnostics, freethinkers; thinkers free from religious dogma and, … more →

Tags: animals, Atheism, atheist, Charity, Morality, optimum, Utilitarianism, vegan, vegetarian

The Butterfly Effect

dadbabes wrote 1 month ago: A passing comment in the blog on Anticipation has raised some questions. The Butterfly Effect is com … more →

Tags: WordPlay, Theology, Philosophy, Science, Certainty, ethics, BUTTERFLY EFFECT, Free Will, Determinism

Review of "Our Inconsistent Ethical Instincts" by Mathew Hutson

gaurarader wrote 1 month ago: Here’s the link to the original article. Thanks Nam for the heads up on this article. As one m … more →

Tags: ethics, In The News, Kantian Ethics

AIG: Did they learn anything?2 comments

kylemackrides wrote 1 month ago: As of 2008, the American Insurance Group, or AIG, was the United States’ second largest insura … more →

Tags: Paper 2, ethics, Trevino and Nelson, lehman brothers, AiG, consequentialist, American International Group, united states, financial services

Third Party Ownership in Soccer: Fair or Foul?4 comments

vinnycinotti wrote 1 month ago: The world of sports has been one of the most competitive arenas for hundreds of years.  Nothing defi … more →

Tags: Paper 2, ethics, Soccer, FIFA, third party ownership, Kantian Ethics, ethical egosim, UEFA, Financial Fair Play

Ethics Series Finale – 7.2 Morality: ideals and reality

satoshideath wrote 1 month ago: In the Ethics Series 7.1 we loosely defined ethics as the point of view that involves taking into ac … more →

Tags: Others, Philosophy, Reasoning, Religion, individualism, Rationality, Irrationality, ethics, society

86. Harvard University online course: Justice with Michael Sandel1 comment

cafeavecdave wrote 1 month ago: For me, initiatives to place courses online from prestigious universities such as Harvard and Yale a … more →

Tags: #86 Online Harvard course, Day Zero Project, 101 things in 1001 days, michael sandel, Justice, harvard, ethics, 101 in 1001, Jeremy Bentham

Deontological and Consequentialist Ethics1 comment

jefimkulikov wrote 1 month ago: The question I see a lot on the internet usually goes like this in an almost accusatory way “G … more →

Tags: Humanist philosophy, humanism, Golden Rule, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, happy-human, ethics

Positive and negative utilitarianism - two absurd versions of consequentialism

procrastinatoryponderings wrote 1 month ago:   Utilitarianism is an ethical theory which holds that we should try to obtain “the great … more →

Tags: ethics, Criticisms, Utilitarianism, positive utilitarianism, negative utilitarianism, happiness, suffering

Situation Ethics12 comments

Paul F. Lenzi wrote 1 month ago: Photo from commons.wikimedia.org   Imagine the dartboard Without any bullseye Such that each da … more →

Tags: Poetry, Blank Verse, Philosophy, ethics, Games, Morality, Teleology, Darts

A Simple Utilitarian Argument for Higher Pleasures2 comments

Orestes Mantra wrote 1 month ago: Arch-Utilitarian Jeremy Bentham controversially stated that “quantity of pleasure being equal, … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Games, Metaethics, Utilitarianism, Moral Philosophy, Values, happiness, Pleasure

I'm done.

lilaclizard wrote 1 month ago: This past week left me a little frazzled so I decided to take a short road trip to visit my Mom in M … more →

Tags: Music, ethics, Communication, Love, breakup, relationship, Drama, Haim, BETTER OFF

A view on character and morality: Is invisibility inherently bad and corrupting?

Dom Smithies wrote 2 months ago: The dictionary definitions ‘character’ as a “complex of mental and ethical traits” and t … more →

Tags: Philosophy, ethics, Tolkien, Philosophy, Right, Wrong, corruption, character, Morality

Nanny Slope1 comment

igrobertson wrote 2 months ago: Piers Morgan is not my favorite person in the world—not by a long shot. His rants about gun co … more →

Tags: Bible, Jesus, Prohibition, Christianity, Nanny State, Bloomberg, piers morgan, World Health Organization, Mayor Bloomberg.

56 - Ethics Vs. Emmas3 comments

tdshow wrote 2 months ago: Download: Sarcast-056-Ethics_Vs._Emmas.mp3 // We tackle the big problems about what’s right an … more →

Tags: Friends, John Stewart Mill, God, ethics, Emma Watson, Peter Singer, barry white, Morality, Morals


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