Tag: "ethics"

Justice and Biology, Revisited

Is there a link between biology and ethical behaviour? Alexander E. Hooke takes a look at phrenology and other theories from down the ages. This article is dedicated to Bill Connolly.
[Issue 49: January/February 2005: Articles]

The Golden Rule Redux

by Joel Marks
[Issue 49: January/February 2005: Moral Moments]

The President of Good and Evil by Peter Singer

Scott O’Reilly reviews Peter Singer’s review of George W. Bush’s statements on ethics.
[Issue 49: January/February 2005: Books]

Dear Socrates

Having returned from the turn of the Fourth Century B.C. to the turn of the Twenty-First A.D., Socrates has eagerly signed on as a Philosophy Now columnist so that he may continue to carry out his divinely-inspired dialogic mission.
[Issue 49: January/February 2005: Dear Socrates]

Bad Education

Thomas Wartenberg thinks darkly fraternal thoughts while watching a movie by Pedro Almodovar about sibling rivalry and the appalling results of Bad Education.
[Issue 49: January/February 2005: Films]

Humanism on the Front Line

Douglas Gearhart calls on philosophers to develop practical moral guidance for soldiers in war zones.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Articles]

John Passmore (1914-2004)

by Lisa Sangoi
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Obituary]

Encyclopedia of Ethics

Kenneth Shouler praises Lawrence and Charlotte Becker for producing an encyclopedia of ethics which is truly encyclopedic.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Books]

Gay Rights: Choice vs. Nature?

Michael Voytinsky says that the choice versus nature debate is irrelevant to the question of gay and lesbian rights.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Articles]

Is an Existentialist Ethics Possible?

Does Sartre’s philosophy give us any clues about how we should live? Yes, says Jonathan Crowe – he showed us that we can’t avoid choosing.
[Issue 47: August/September 2004: Articles]

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