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What should you do? Kill one to save 9 – or let all ten die? And why it might not even be that good a dilemma after all… Staff from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire talking about…
Roy responds to an issue raised by a teacher: “If God knows all our moral choices in advance, then we cannot be justly blamed or rewarded for what we do.” This is part of the OCR A2 “Attributes of God…
A version of the ethical dilemma about a runaway tram / trolley car. What would YOU do? [I also received another topic via email from a teacher this week – about Philosophy of Religion – I’ll be videoing my colleague…
A group of our new first-year students were asked to give a presentation on one philosopher talking in the film The Examined Life. This group chose Peter Singer, and produced a film of their own!
Thanks for the presentations this morning. Very interesting and enjoyable…and I like this video! Well done all.
A new film society for FCH has been launched showing films related to a monthly theme every Monday evening. The theme for December is Conscience and the first screening, the Hitchcock film Rope, will be shown Monday 6th December at…
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed_edition&videoId=world/2010/07/28/goodman.lok.spain.bullfight.cnn So here we have a clear contrast between claims for cultural value, and claims of universal animal rights… – how do we disentangle them? Fox news (!) has a view HERE and the usual BBC Have Your Say crowd…
I am not that interested in professional football; the cultural imperative for all men to attend with irrational gusto to the minutiae of its details leaves me cold, and feeling distanced from it. Nonetheless, I was struck by Guardian sport…
Ethical advice via podcast?“Randy Cohen, Times Magazine columnist, answers readers’ questions on ethical issues each week.” I enjoyed some – but the phrase “Cake-free workplace”? : only in America… d.