Ethics Tagged Episodes
Aristotle
April 4, 2006
Aristotle’s philosophical doctrines have permeated and helped shape Western Culture in spheres as disparate as cosmology,…
Progress and the Environment
January 3, 2006
Does the value of preserving our environment conflict with the development of a world community…
Ethics in War
September 27, 2005
After World War II the Nurenberg trials and the conventions that arose out of them…
Dignity and the End of Life
September 13, 2005
Is physician assisted suicide morally okay? What about active euthanasia for patients suffering terminal illnesses?…
Virtue
August 23, 2005
What is virtue? Is virtue the key human happiness and flourishing, as the ancients held, or…
The Environment and Global Justice
August 9, 2005
Our current way of life is unsustainable. Depletion of the ozone layer, the dwindling of…
Hume
March 1, 2005
David Hume was a superb essayist, a brilliant philosopher, and a world-class bon vivant. His…
Corporations
September 21, 2004
Corporations are recognized as persons in the eyes of the law. But if they are…
Happiness
August 31, 2004
Is happiness a mere psychological state? And if so, what’s so important about it? Is…
Paternalism and Health
July 13, 2004
Paternalism and Health: Some diseases such as Alzheimer’s inhibit our abilities to make decisions and…
Drug Legalization
May 25, 2004
Does America’s drug problem rest on confused philosophy? Ken and John discuss the philosophical issues…
Animal Rights
May 11, 2004
We shouldn’t be mean to animals. Is that because animals have rights, like people do?…
