On the occasion of the death of Dr. John I propose that his “Make a Better World to Live In” become the official theme song […] Read More
Category: Applied Ethics
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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
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
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
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
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
Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Matthew Rendall’s “Discounting, Climate Change and the Ecological Fallacy.” The paper […] Read More
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