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This September, the OUP Philosophy team honors Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) as their Philosopher of the Month. Wollstonecraft was a novelist, a moral

Comics reportage tracing the origins of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism and its pernicious influence on the global economy in the present day.

Politics have no relation to morals.

In An Enemy of the People, Dr. Stockmann, a medical officer, is punished for exposing an inconvenient truth in his community. Find out MORE about the STORY…

Children [in past ages] existed solely to inherit a man’s trade, his moral code and his property. This was taken for granted among the aristocracy, but merchants, craftsmen and peasants also bought...

There is nothing moral or ethical about breaking a promise to vulnerable and innocent people who have already suffered a terrible injustice

Philippa Foot, for many years associated with Somerville College, Oxford and also with the University of California Los Angeles as the Griffin Professor of Philosophy, passed away yesterday, October 3, 2010. Foot was a giant of moral philosophy. Her books...

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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

Editor’s note: R. Scott Smith has graciously allowed us to republish his series, “Making Sense of Morality.” You can find the original post here. Introduction Now let’s shift to explore objectivist options for naturalism (i.e., ethical naturalism ) within moral cognitivism. These views

Moral (Ethical) Concepts Parts 1 and 2 of this series of posts on moral governance referred to various ethical concepts and defined certain terms with a focus on distinguishing between causes and s…

Morality is the very basis of our life, it plays a huge role in shaping our personalities Here are some quotes on morality to inspire you.

What guides our actions: morals, ethics, or both? While many get these terms confused, they have clear differences. Learn about the two words here.

Editor’s note: R. Scott Smith has graciously allowed us to republish his series, “Making Sense of Morality.” You can find the original post here.

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Editor’s note: R. Scott Smith has graciously allowed us to republish his series, “Making Sense of Morality.” You can find the original post here. Introduction Now I will give a brief, selected overview of Peter Singer’s ethics. He is one of the most influential ethicists today, and he tak

Some time ago I wrote a book (Moral Language, 1982) in which I argued that moral judgments are capable of being true ('truth-apt, ' to use a current phrase, or descriptive and having truth-value, to use a more traditional term), that the methods of discovering moral facts are fundamentally similar to those of discovering non-moral facts, and that moral judgments may be true. What I did not do at that time was to develop a moral theory which would demonstrate how the method of discovering moral truths would work and what the criteria of truth actually are. In a later work (Persons, Animals, and Fetuses, 1996) I did propose a moral theory as to what the criteria for moral truth are; however, I presented it primarily as an introduction to the discussion of several practical ethical issues and did not argue fully for that theory. It is high time that I did so, because without showing that such a theory can be developed my defense of moral realism is incomplete. It is all very well to say that we can discover what moral beliefs are true, but unless we can demonstrate just which beliefs are true, the thesis that we can discover this truth cannot be fully defended. For this reason the biggest (although not the only) challenge to showing that ethical objectivity is possible is the presence of moral disagreement - and the contention of many that such disagreement cannot be definitively resolved

Good morning Dr. Baggett, I hope all is well with you, but I wanted to ask you a question as it pertains to Moral ontology. Now bear with me Dr. Baggett I am a novice and am just throwing thoughts out there so i may sound silly at times. However, when it comes to moral ontology I know m

This September, the OUP Philosophy team honors Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) as their Philosopher of the Month. Wollstonecraft was a novelist, a moral

A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another.

The scholars who defend or dispute moral relativism, the idea that a moral principle cannot be applied to people whose culture does not accept it, have concerned themselves with either the philosophical or anthropological aspects of relativism. This study shows that in order to arrive at a definitive appraisal of moral relativism, it is necessary to understand and investigate both its anthropological and philosophical aspects. Carefully examining the arguments for and against moral relativism, Cook exposes not only that anthropologists have failed in their attempt to support relativism with evidence of cultural differences, but that moral absolutists have been equally unsuccessful in their attempts to refute it. He argues that these conflicting positions are both guilty of an artificial and unrealistic view of morality and proposes a more subtle and complex account of morality.

What is good? What is right? How can we know what we ought to do? Holmes's classic introduction to the study of morality examines cultural relativism, emotivism, ethical egoism, and utilitarianism. Outlining a Christian ethic, he explores its application to human rights, criminal punishment, legislated morality, and sexual behavior. This second edition includes new material on moral agents and virtue ethics. Arthur F. Holmes (Ph.D., Northwestern) is professor emeritus of philosophy at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.