An overview of Jeremy Bentham's ethical views on animal rights, including the famous quote “the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?”
“Can They Suffer?”: Bentham on our Obligations to Animals
Author: 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology
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Business Ethics
An introduction to business ethics, with an overview of the many relevant stakeholders whose interests are ethically important in business.
Virtue Ethics
An introduction to the ethical theory known as "virtue ethics," which focusses on having good character and acting on it.
Psychological Approaches to Personal Identity: Do Memories and Consciousness Make Us Who We Are?
An introduction to the theory of personal identity known as a psychological theory of personal identity: the nature of persons is that we are our conscious mind and memories.
Is it Wrong to Believe Without Sufficient Evidence? W.K. Clifford’s “The Ethics of Belief”
An introduction to W.K. Clifford’s “The Ethics of Belief.”
Indoctrination: What is it to Indoctrinate Someone?
An introduction to the concept of indoctrination or what it is to indoctrinate someone, and whether that's problematic or bad or not.
Agnosticism about God’s Existence
An introduction to agnosticism about God’s existence, an alternative to theism and atheism.
Theories of Moral Considerability: Who and What Matters Morally?
An introduction to theories of moral considerability, moral status or moral standing, which is about the question of who and what matters morally.
Cultural Relativism: Do Cultural Norms Make Actions Right and Wrong?
An introduction to the ethical theory cultural relativism or ethical relativism or relativism: do cultural norms make actions right and wrong?
George Orwell’s Philosophical Views
An introduction to the philosophical views of Animal Farm and 1984 author George Orwell.
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