Ethics
Putting the trust back into Trusts
Try an OpenLearn course sample exploring how you create an ethical organisation.
Experiment-Reflection balance
Watch or listen to Professor Richard Jones' lecture exploring the social and ethical implications of nanotechnology.
The meaning of sex
When does sex bring fulfilment and when is it hollow? What are the limits of sexual expression? Roger Scruton talks about sex and perversion.
Business Ethics
Should companies consider anything but their shareholders? What can they learn from philosophy? Discover business ethics.
Kidney bingoes?
I need money. He needs a kidney. It should be win-win. Is there a case for allowing paid organ transplants?
Dirty tricks
As concerns are raised about increasing levels of industrial espionage, we ask: does business have a problem with ethics?
Superhuman
How far should athletes go in pursuit of the podium? Ethics Bites asked Michael Sandel about sport and genetic enhancement.
A different time and place
How should we judge slave owners? Were they innocent or guilty? Miranda Fricker talks about blame and historic injustice.
Death on the rails
Would you let someone die, to save five others? Would you kill someone to save five others? Explore trolleys, killing and the doctrine of double effect.
Human Use Of Animals
Peter Singer, possibly the most famous philosopher in the world, sparked the birth of the animal rights movement. Discover his take on the human use of animals.
Starting a family
IVF develops, bringing new ethical dilemmas. Does everyone have the right to have babies?
Blasphemy or science?
The use of stem cells from foetuses has changed the terms of the abortion debate. Make your own mind up on stem cell research.
Do the right thing?
The more human minds enquire, the more we find challenges to the practicing of an ethical science.
Selling without selling out
A high-pressure environment like sales can pervert moral values. How can companies remain ethical marketeers?
