Practical Ethics Bites
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Can you choose to be gay?
14 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Earp discusses the ethics of sexual orientation.
The ethics of sexuality
04 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.
Should we allow genetic engineering on embryos?
28 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Does a human embryo have moral status? Tom Douglas explores the ethical issues surrounding genetic research on developing embryos.
Is there such a thing as a just war?
21 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Is an ethical war a paradoxical notion? If violence is almost always unacceptable, how can we justify acts of war? 23 10
The rights and wrongs of abortion
14 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.
Choosing the sex of your child
06 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Is sex-selection harmful or injust? Julian Savulescu outlines four methods used in sex-selection and explores the ethical issues surrounding each.
Free will, and its connection to moral responsibility
29 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Neil Levy explores the link between free will and responsibility. What makes us blameworthy for our actions?
What is virtue ethics?
22 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Roger Crisp introduces the strand of ethical theory known as 'virtue ethics'.
Should euthanasia be legal?
22 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Dominic Wilkinson, Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, explores the ethical issues surrounding euthanasia ...