Ethics, situations, and the like

jackson — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:18:06 +0000

I’ve finished preparing my “summary” of Kwame Anthony Appiah‘s Experiments in Ethics. I ended up deviating a bit too much to call my work a real summary, but I think many of the points will make for useful discussion. A lot of material has been intentionally left out, particularly after the situational examples illustrated, because I would like to see how the existing points play out in discussion. My article can be found here, and there is room for discussion of the article or topic in general here, if you feel so inclined.

Beginning work on ethics, psychology, and situations

jackson — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:00:59 +0000

I’ve begun constructing a brief summary of Kwame Anthony Appiah‘s Experiments in Ethics for next week’s philosophy club meeting. I intend to focus on three main concepts, beginning with the assumption of virtue ethics, moving through the challenges of situationist ethics, and ultimately applying a hybrid of those two concerns to the situations provided by the book. I intend to include a bit of my own interpretations and examples. It is clear that Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics have a great relevance here, but I am looking for a bit more information on the psychological side of things, perhaps I’ll see if William James had something to contribute here.

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Ethics, situations, and the like

Beginning work on ethics, psychology, and situations