This is a continuation from a previous blog post on the future of moral philosoph (see here). In his PhD thesis, the psychologist Jushua Greene wrote: Utilitarianism is not true, nor is it an adequate ...

A normative argument must have a normative premise whether it is explicitly stated or not. As Gordon Clark pointed out in one of his philosophic essays, it is simply not possible to logically arrive ...

Is morality – and happiness – determined by how you affect the people around you? Shutterstock It is a word we hear from time to time, but few of us know what it means. Utilitarianism is the method ...

This is a workbook indented for independent study or revision for the topic of Religion and Ethics: Utilitarianism, as part of the OCR AS/A Level specification, although it can be applied across ...

This book review appeared in the Summer 1997 issue of The Independent Review. Robert Goodin is a political philosopher at the Research School of Social Sciences of the Australian National University.

About the author:Christopher C. Heathwood is the author of the chapter: "Subjective theories of well-being" and is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Colorado ...

A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place. Whole topic of Ethics for KS3 students. 3 lessons looking at ethical theories 5 ...

Managers can adopt four key ethical approaches when making decisions: utilitarian (maximising overall benefits), rights-based (upholding individual rights), virtue-based (focusing on personal ...