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Monday, 27 June 2011

Knobe, Erler and our ‘True Self’

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In this posting I want to consider the comments by Alexandre Erler in Practical Ethics on an article by Joshua Knobe in the New York Times c...
Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Sexually Coercive Offers

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James Rocha asks what is wrong with the following coercive offer. “Hal is Vera’s supervisor at food services company which is expanding...
Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Roboethics and Autonomy

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In this posting I want to examine roboethics and responsibility. I will do this by considering autonomy. The idea of roboethics seems to ...
Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Medical Ethics and Thoroughgoing Autonomy

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In a posting on Practical Ethics Charles Foster defends dignity against “the allegation that dignity is hopelessly amorphous; feel-good phil...
Thursday, 7 April 2011

Brooks, Brudner and Justice

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In my previous posting I suggested that any society which insists on compulsory beneficence or the compulsory acceptance of beneficent care ...
Thursday, 10 March 2011

Why a Truly Flourishing Society must give Priority to respecting Autonomous Decisions over Beneficent Care

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In my previous posting I concluded that the only belief all must share in a flourishing society is that each of us should be free to do as s...
Friday, 25 February 2011

David Cameron and Social Integration

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In my last posting I suggested there is no such thing as a fully integrated society. I further suggested we would be better employed in cons...