I have now uploaded talks introducing several key ethical theories inlcuding Kantian Ethics, Utilitarianism, Virtue Theory, Natural Law and Situation Ethics. If you have trouble playing the files please press F5 to refresh the page.
For students studying OCR Religious Studies - Religious Ethics all of these theories are relevant for A2 students and all except Virtue Theory are relevant for AS students.
For students studying AQA Philosophy the talks on Kantian Ethics and Virtue Theory are useful for the AS theme of 'Why Should I be Moral?'. The talks on Kantian Ethics, Virtue Theory and Utilitarianism are also useful for A2 students of Moral Philosophy.
I was struck when making these talks how easy it is for ethics to become something merely theoretical. At times in Ethics classes, moral problems can be discussed as if they are simply logical problems. Perhaps the revival of interest in Virtue Theory is one attempt to address this difficulty. I will reflect on this more...
