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The Refugee Crisis
So what should we do about the thousands of human beings risking their lives to find a safe haven in Europe? Newspapers are full of harrowing pictures; crammed boats negotiating wild seas, elderly people trudging through the snow clutching their … Continue reading
Drones, Robots and the Ethics of Armed Conflict in the 21st Century
Wow! Did you know there are machines out there capable, once programmed, of searching out their target, and delivering their lethal ‘payloads’ without further human intervention? In other words the ‘decision’ to kill belongs to the machine itself. Alex Leveringhaus … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, armed conflict, ethics, fully automated weapons, human rights, killer-robots, lethal force, philosophy
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Do YOU eat genetically modified foods?
In August 1998 the popular science programme World in Action featured a scientist who had been feeding genetically modified potatoes to rats. A researcher at the prestigious Rowett Institute, Arpad Pusztai , a world expert on plant lectins, said that as a … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, bioethics, ethics, genetic modification, hunger, poverty
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Automated Robotic Weapons
In the House of Commons there are two red lines separating the two sides of the House. The lines are two sword-lengths apart. They are there to underline the fact that, in the House, disputes must be solved by discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, automated robotic weapons, ethics, ethics of war, philosophy
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Korsgaard’s third lecture: Legal Rights for Animals
Claim: Animals have the right to be treated only in ways that are compatible with their good. Q: Why do animals have this right? A: Because animals co-own the world with us. Like us they have the right to ‘be … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, argument, ethics, Kant, Korsgaard, philosophy
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Korsgaard Lecture Two: The Moral Standing of Animals
Kant is usually interpreted as arguing that the duties we take ourselves to have to animals are in fact duties we have to ourselves: if we mistreat animals we brutalise ourselves – we shouldn’t do this so we shouldn’t mistreat … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, argument, ends-in-themselves, ethics, Kant, Korsgaard, philosophy
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Animals, Human Beings and Other Persons – Professor Christine Korsgaard
I was privileged this week to go to a series of lectures by the renowned Kantian philosopher, Christine Korsgaard. This was hosted brilliantly by the Oxford Martin School. Professor Korsgaard gave three lectures. Today I will give a synopsis of … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, argument, ethics, Kant, Korsgaard, philosophy
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Possible Worlds Theory
We all think there are ways things might have been. I might now be sunning myself on a beach in Italy instead of slaving over a hot laptop. Or I might now be asleep in bed. In fact there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexius Meinong, argument, Counterfactuals, David Lewis, logic, Modality, Necessity, philosophy, Possibility, Possible worlds
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