Applied Ethics April

Applied Ethics April May 23, 2019

Winner of Applied Ethics April Prize

I’m very pleased to announce that the winner of the $250 “Applied Ethics April” prize is Kian Mintz-Woo, for the post “How Would We Know […] Read More

A Case for Removing Confederate Monuments (Guest Post by Travis Timmerman for Applied Ethics April)

I am interested in the question of whether the relevant government officials and members of the public who together can remove the Confederate monuments, are […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics April April 22, 2019April 6, 2019

Finding the Deontological Threshold (Guest Post by Mats Johansson for Applied Ethics April)

Threshold deontology is a theory which holds that some act which is intrinsically wrong even if it produces the best consequences, can still be morally […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics April April 17, 2019April 6, 2019

Diminishing Diversity: Ablism in Selective Birth (Meredith McFadden Post for Applied Ethics April)

Medical advances have provided the possibility to screen for a variety of conditions during pregnancy. This can offer parents the opportunity to prepare to raise […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics April April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

How Would We Know if We Made a Climate Difference? (Guest Post by Kian Mintz-Woo for Applied Ethics April)

Broome (2019) discusses several philosophers who have denied that individual people cause harm via emissions and resultant climate change. He calls these philosophers “individual denialists”. […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics April April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

My Way: The Ethics of Financial Contributions (Guest Post for Applied Ethics April by N.G. Laskowski and Kenneth Silver)

Consider the following case, culled from the authors’ lived experiences (with slight modifications). You are in the fortunate position of marrying into a family with […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics April April 8, 2019April 8, 2019

How Uncertainty Undermines the Case for ‘Death with Dignity’ Laws (Guest post by Matt King for Applied Ethics April)

[Herewith our second post for Applied Ethics April, by Matt King.] ‘Death with Dignity’ statutes, as they’re often called, allow terminally ill patients to bring […] Read More

Applied Ethics April April 3, 2019April 5, 2019

“Against Parental Choice of Future Children”: A Guest Post for Applied Ethics April by Anca Gheaus

[What follows is a guest post by Anca Gheaus, of Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, our first contender for the prestigious Applied Ethics April PEA Soup […] Read More