Our resident expert, Derek Matravers, suggests the following starting points for further exploration of Ethics.

Courses

Ethics in Real Life (A181)

This is a short course about ethical theory, and ethical issues that arise in copyright law, health care and business, and the workplace generally.

The Arts Past and Present (AA100)

This introduces all the arts disciplines, including Philosophy and a lot else besides.

An Introduction to the Social Sciences: Understanding social change (DD100)

This introduces the social sciences disciplines, and tackled the big issues in the changing world.

Death and Dying (K260)

This explores the issues (including ethical issues) around death and dying from a health-care perspective.

Philosophy and the Human Situation (A211)

A broad course in Philosophy, which contains material on ethics, on politics, the environment and religion.

Religion Today: Tradition, modernity and change (AD317)

This is a third level course that examines the contemporary nature of, and consequences of, religion.

Websites

• Free philosophy course materials
• Ethical issues from BBC Religion and Ethics
• Ethics Updates - probably the best internet resource for ethics
• EpistemeLinks - index of philosophy resources
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Audio and podcasts

Everyday Ethics - provocative weekly debate with William Crawley on moral, religious and ethical issues.

In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg - Melvyn Bragg and guests investigate the history of ideas

The Moral Maze - Michael Buerk chairs a live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories

Books

There are many good introductions to Ethics and Practical Ethics:

• Being Good by Simon Blackburn, published by Oxford University Press
• Causing Death and Saving Lives by Jonathan Glover, published by Penguin Books
• Ethics: The Fundamentals by Julia Driver, published by Blackwell
• Practical Ethics by Peter Singer, published by Cambridge University Press

Content last updated: 28/01/2008

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