A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners

Oxford University

In this introduction to ethics, we shall be considering the underpinnings of ethical thought. We shall consider, for example, what it is for an action to be right or wrong, whether we can have moral knowledge and whether freewill is essential to morality. We shall reflect on four key ethical theories (virtue ethics, deontology, non-cognitivism and utilitarianism), looking at both their strengths and their weaknesses. We shall be looking at morality in the context of the individual and the context of society.

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  1. 2011/08/08 · ビデオ

    Making Up Your Mind

    Part 7 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". This final episode is a time to take stock and bring together all the strands we've considered.

    1時間22分

  2. 2011/06/27 · ビデオ

    Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus

    Part 6 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". A reflection on Mill's account of morality, and the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

    1時間31分

  3. 2011/06/03 · ビデオ

    Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law

    Part 5 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Kant's account of morality, including the categorical imperative.

    1時間29分

  4. 2011/06/02 · ビデオ

    Humean Ethics: Non-Cognitivism, the passions and moral motivation

    Part 4 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Hume's account of morality and his rejection of reason as the source of morality.

    1時間28分

  5. 2011/05/24 · ビデオ

    Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character

    Part 3 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we will reflect on Aristotle's account of morality and the centrality of the virtues in this account.

    1時間22分

  6. 2011/05/20 · ビデオ

    Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning

    Part 2 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine the preconditions of ethical reasoning and make a comparison between the law of the land and the moral law.

    1時間19分

  7. 2011/05/19 · ビデオ

    Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning

    Part 1 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine moral dilemmas, moral truth and moral knowledge, freewill and determinism.

    1時間33分
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In this introduction to ethics, we shall be considering the underpinnings of ethical thought. We shall consider, for example, what it is for an action to be right or wrong, whether we can have moral knowledge and whether freewill is essential to morality. We shall reflect on four key ethical theories (virtue ethics, deontology, non-cognitivism and utilitarianism), looking at both their strengths and their weaknesses. We shall be looking at morality in the context of the individual and the context of society.

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