Many Kantians have reservations about Kant’s rather strident view concerning self-killing. In the Lectures on Ethics in particular, Kant’s rhetoric pulls no moral punches. Kant […] Read More
Category: Applied Ethics
There are three conferences coming up for those of us with interests in the ethics of children and families. The first is one I organized […] Read More
Our US readers are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The inaugurators of this holiday conceived of it as a time for giving thanks to […] Read More
Below Matt Zvolinski argued that in teaching and researching applied ethics systematic moral theory should play only a small role and can even be confusing […] Read More
The following are some thoughts I’ve been mulling over in anticipation of a lecture I will be giving at CSU Long Beach’s Applied Ethics Center […] Read More
WOW. I’m so thankful and taken about being asked to become a contributor. I promise to try not to clutter the blog with my postings […] Read More
I am an advisor to a student organization at my campus, and in order to recharter the organization, I recently had to sign a document […] Read More
It’s holiday time, and lots of good food is being ingested, so I figured this might be a good opportunity to explore an issue that’s […] Read More
In his paper “Why Abortion is Immoral”, Don Marquis urges a reorientation of the abortion debate. Metaphysical issues concerning the personhood of fetuses, which previously […] Read More