Philosophy and ethics

rodin_philosopher-384x480GENERAL PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS PODCAST LINKS

Philosophy for Beginners: Intro to Philosophy (5 x 90 minute lectures) – http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/philosophy_for_beginners (From Oxford University Continuing Education Department)

 Oxford Undergraduate Lectures on Arguments for and against God’s Existence (8 x 45 minute lectures) – http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/philosophy-religion  Lectures cover Properties of God, Ontological Argument, Cosmological Argument, Teleological Argument, Religious Experiences and Miracles and The Problem of Evil. (From Oxford University)

Philosophy and the Science of Human Value, a different and thought-provoking introduction to ethics (25 x 45 min lectures) – http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181 (From Yale University)

Scepticism (45 mins)- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kblc3 (From BBC Radio Show In Our Time)

Atheism with Anthony Grayling (15 mins) – http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=240212 (From Philosophy Bites Website)

McCabe on Socratic Method (15 mins) – http://cdn2.libsyn.com/philosophybites/M.M._McCabe_on_Socratic_Method.mp3?nvb=20080824155024&nva=20080825155024&t=0b34163a84bf4adeceaaf (From Philosophy Bites Website)

Morality in the 21st Century (15 mins) – http://cdn4.libsyn.com/philosophybites/Susan_Neiman_on_Morality_in_the_21st_Century.mp3?nvb=20100327083848&nva=20100328084848&t=0b55532169d413e726897 (From Philosophy Bites Website)

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Absolutism & Relativism, Deontology & Teleology

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Natural Law

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Kantian Ethics

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Utilitarianism

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Religious Ethics

 Abortion

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 The Right to a Child – Fertility Treatment

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 Euthanasia

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 Genetic Engineering

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 War & Peace

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 Overviews of Ethics

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Meta-Ethics

 Free Will and Determinism

–          Soft & Hard Determinists + Compatibilists

–          Darrow, Honderich, Hume and Locke

–          Predestinationism and Religious views on Free Will

–          Impact of Genetics, Psychology, Environment and Social Conditioning on Moral Decisions

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Conscience

–          God-given?  Innate?  Voice of Reason?  Upbringing?  Authority?

–          Augustine, Aquinas, Butler, Newman, Freud, Fromm and Piaget on Conscience

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Virtue Ethics

–          Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics

–          Eudaumonia

–          Modern Virtue Ethicists

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Environmental Ethics

–          Relationship between humans and their environment

–          Stewardship – Religious Views

–          Secular Views, including Gaia

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Business Ethics

–          Businesses & Consumers, Employees & Employers

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Sexual Ethics

–          Premarital Sex

–          Extra-Marital Sex

–          Contraception

–          Homosexuality

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The Family (15 mins) http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/philosophy/the-family (From Philosophy Bites Website)

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Religious Language

–         Aquinas and Via Negativa

–          Vienna Circle, Ayer and Verificationism

–          Flew and Falsification

–          Wittgenstein and Language Games

–          Tillich and Myth

 

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Experience and Religion

–          Religious Writings

–          Visions, Voices, ‘Numinous’ Experiences, Conversion Experiences, Corporate Religious Experiences

–          William James’ The Varieties of Religious Experience

 

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Miracles

–          Biblical Concept of Miracle

–          David Hume and Wiles on Miracles

–          Miracles and the Problem of Evil

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Nature of God

–          God as eternal, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-benevolent: philosophical questions

–          Boethius on eternity and God’s foreknowledge

–          Should a good God reward and punish?

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The Soul

–          Plato, Aristotle, Hick and Dawkins on the body/soul distinction

–          Resurrection and reincarnation

–          Disembodied existence

–          The afterlife and the problem of evil

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