https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2 en-us 2020-03-20 10:47:33 UTC 2023-05-18 13:21:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/252544013/fd1d1538bcae7479cf70fe04d71662e0/711130_112808_86953_homer_simpson_super.jpg sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/467614974 This will be a space to discuss what we have been looking at. I will add video clips/articles extra things that I find. Feel free to comment, debate and add your own resources and web links :) ]]> 2020-03-20 11:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/467614974 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/470140346 Might help with the essay ;)]]> 2020-03-22 22:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/470140346 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471296595 2020-03-23 16:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471296595 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471370994 Naturalists would argue that the good IS a natural quality that we can observe or understand through the world. However Intuitionists would argue that this is committing the 'naturalistic fallacy' and that instead the good is something we know intuitively. Emotivists on the other would argue that there is no such thing as the 'good'. Add arguments for and against the claim using the ideas from different scholars ... ]]> 2020-03-23 17:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471370994 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471380807 Who would support this claim? ]]> 2020-03-23 17:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471380807 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471381447 Who would agree with this? ]]> 2020-03-23 17:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/471381447 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/490873797 2020-04-03 11:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/490873797 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/490875222 2020-04-03 11:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/490875222 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/490875698 There's a bunch of really useful clips from Dr Todd May , one of the Philosophers who worked on the Good Place, on YouTube. These are really useful in going over the basic ethical theories we learnt in first year and some extra ideas like Existentialism which we only touch on. The full box set of the Good Place is available on Netflix to binge watch too! I want to know what you guys think of the ending and which philosophical ideas it links to!! :) ]]> 2020-04-03 11:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/490875698 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/508562466 Just getting some resources together on the moral implications of eating meat (might use the topic as a taster for future students). And thought some of you might be interested in some of it. 

This mockumentary is definitely worth a watch! It's set in a future world where we have all become vegans and older generations who ate meat in the past are trying to come to terms with their crimes. Very funny and thought provoking at the same time! ]]> 2020-04-15 14:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/508562466 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/508571279 This article might help you with the BIG questions. It is definitely pro-vegetarianism/veganism, but feel free to try to counter this position! ;)  ]]> 2020-04-15 14:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/508571279 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548554198 2020-05-04 08:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548554198 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548560991 2020-05-04 08:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548560991 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548593356 1. What is Peter Singer's position on non-human animals and what does he mean by speciesism? 
2. What are the problems with arguments based on intelligence (animals are less intelligent than humans) or arguments from tradition (that's the way it's always been) or arguments of need (we only use animals out of necessity)? 
3. How does Carl Cohen argue against Singer? Do you agree?
4. What do Bentham and Singer agree on? 
BIG QUESTIONS: 
1. Does the suffering of human starvation outweigh the suffering of animals killed for food?
2. Are all meat eaters guilty of speciesism? Is this a problem? 
3. Can eating meat be philosophically justified? ]]> 2020-05-04 08:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548593356 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548620125 This is much simpler and straightforward and gives you an overview of the main arguments ]]> 2020-05-04 09:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/548620125 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/557020450 (promise I'm not pushing Vegan propaganda! Just raising some interesting debates!)
The issues raised here are also dealt with in Simon Amstell's Carnage which I thoroughly recommend if you are interested in this sort of thing ;) ]]> 2020-05-07 10:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/557020450 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/557027435 2020-05-07 10:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/557027435 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/564410513 2020-05-11 10:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/564410513 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/564420376 2020-05-11 10:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/564420376 sambrown2161992 https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/564421497 2020-05-11 10:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sambrown2161992/Ethics2/wish/564421497