ideas - utilitarianism

The ultimate miserabilist

Michael Cook | 02 October 2007 | comment 30

Just when you thought philosophers couldn't get any more pessimistic, one of them surprises you. 

Gandhi’s ideals a model for Europe

Margriet Krijtenburg | 23 May 2007 | comment 3

Europeans have gone cold on the idea of a European Constitution. Could they learn something from that other 'Asian peninsula'?

A decade of debate over Dolly

Michael Cook | 27 February 2007

Despite ten years of palaver, scientists use a primitive ethical system for evaluating the science and technology of cloning.

Utilitarianism

Stephen Buckle | 06 January 2007

Probably the most persuasive ethical theory in contemporary ethical debates in the media and in politics is utilitarianism. Here philosopher Stephen Buckle, of the Australian Catholic University, analyses its main features.

Truth or consequences

Michael Cook | 17 June 2005

What philosophy can justify the abuse of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay? The same one which justifies stem cell research and euthanasia.

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