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A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners

Oxford University

In this introduction to ethics, we shall be considering the underpinnings of ethical thought. We shall consider, for example, what it is for an action to be right or wrong, whether we can ha...

Episodes

7 episodes

Making Up Your Mind

Part 7 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". This final episode is a time to take stock and bring togeth...

81:44Aug 8, 2011

Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus

Part 6 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". A reflection on Mill's account of morality, and the greates...

90:38Jun 27, 2011

Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law

Part 5 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Kant's account of morality, i...

88:58Jun 3, 2011

Humean Ethics: Non-Cognitivism, the passions and moral motivation

Part 4 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Hume's account of morality an...

87:42Jun 2, 2011

Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character

Part 3 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we will reflect on Aristotle's account of m...

82:24May 24, 2011

Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning

Part 2 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine the preconditions of ethical rea...

78:54May 20, 2011

Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning

Part 1 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine moral dilemmas, moral truth and...

93:24May 19, 2011