A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners

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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Episode	Description	People	Date
Further reading and more...	So you've finished this series of podcasts. Find out where to go from here...	Marianne Talbot	16 April, 2012
Making Up Your Mind	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.	Marianne Talbot	8 August, 2011
Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus	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.	Marianne Talbot	27 June, 2011
Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law	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.	Marianne Talbot	3 June, 2011
Humean Ethics: Non-Cognitivism, the passions and moral motivation	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.	Marianne Talbot	2 June, 2011
Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character	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.	Marianne Talbot	24 May, 2011
Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning	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.	Marianne Talbot	20 May, 2011
Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning	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.	Marianne Talbot	19 May, 2011

A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners

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