A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners

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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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Making Up Your Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2011 81:44

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.

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Making Up Your Mind (Slides)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2011

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.

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Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2011 90:38

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.

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Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus (Slides)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2011

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.

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Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2011 88:58

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.

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Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law (Slides)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2011

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.

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

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2011 87:42

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.

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

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2011

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.

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Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 82:24

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.

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Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character (Slides)

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011

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.

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Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2011 78:54

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.

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Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning (Slides)

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2011

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Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2011 93:24

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.

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Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning (Slides)

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2011