Tag: "ethics"

Is a Philosophical Ethics Possible?

Richard Taylor explains how ethical reasoning is like travelling up an escalator, and describes the difficulties of choosing between competing systems of ethics.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003: Articles]

Paul Kurtz

Paul Kurtz author, philosophy professor and professional skeptic, takes time out of a round-the-world lecture tour to talk to our man in Toronto, Colin Hunter.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Interview]

Memoir of a Jolly Junket in Search of Bishop Butler

Joseph Butler was an 18th century clergyman who left an indelible mark on moral philosophy but isn’t as widely remembered today as he deserves. David White scoured England and Ireland for traces of the man they called The Bishop.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Articles]

Problems of Affluence in Morality

Do we have a duty to give to charity? Kevin Smith weighs up the possible responses to an ethical dilemma we’ve all faced at one time or another.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Articles]

Car Seats and the Absurd

by Joel Marks
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Moral Moments]

The Ethics of Terraforming

Terraforming is the artificial transformation of other planets into places suitable for human habitation. A good thing, surely? Paul York argues that terraforming isn’t as ethically straightforward as you might think.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: The Impact of Science]

The Foundations of Morality by George Frankl

Michael Williams has a problem with George Frankl’s psychoanalytic ethics.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Books]

Baby Products

Neill Furr on some of the mistakes people make when thinking about reproduction.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: The Impact of Science]

The Road to Perdition

Our philosophical film columnist Thomas Wartenberg ponders the complexity of human motives as he takes in the latest gangster movie, The Road to Perdition.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Films]

Rightness and Rewards

by Joel Marks
[Issue 37: August/September 2002: Moral Moments]

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