Tag: "ethics"

Man in the Middle: Animals, Humans and Robots

by Joel Marks
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Moral Moments]

Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen

Tony Beavers considers a timely understanding of machine ethics.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009: Books]

Darwin On Moral Intelligence

Vincent di Norcia applies his mental powers to Darwin’s moral theory.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009: Charles Darwin]

Nietzsche and Morality

Roger Caldwell responds to an analysis of Nietzsche’s morality.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008: Books]

Switching Wine Glasses

Lawrence Crocker asks when it’s right to do the Chateau shuffle.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008: Articles]

Pauline O’Flynn explores de Beauvoir’s argument that punishment is necessary to demonstrate that the degradation of humanity can never be ignored.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Simone de Beauvoir]

The Philosopher-Mom

Kalynne Hackney Pudner applies logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and the history of philosophy to family life at large.
[Issue 68: July/August 2008: Articles]

The Counterfeiters

Thomas Wartenberg finds that extreme circumstances can bring out a person’s true moral character.
[Issue 68: July/August 2008: Films]

Turning The Tables: We Matter Because We Are Animals

by Joel Marks
[Issue 67: May/June 2008: Moral Moments]

Hunting For Consistency

Angus Taylor argues that to be consistent, we must either exclude some humans from the moral community, or else include at least some animals.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008: Animals]

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