Ethics

There's an ethical dimension to every field of human activity. Explore our expert views:

Born bad?

What do we mean when we suggest a person - or a thing - is evil?

Putting the trust back into Trusts

Try an OpenLearn course sample exploring how you create an ethical organisation.

Experiment-Reflection balance

Watch or listen to Professor Richard Jones' lecture exploring the social and ethical implications of nanotechnology.

The meaning of sex

When does sex bring fulfilment and when is it hollow? What are the limits of sexual expression? Roger Scruton talks about sex and perversion.

Business Ethics

Should companies consider anything but their shareholders? What can they learn from philosophy? Discover business ethics.

Kidney bingoes?

I need money. He needs a kidney. It should be win-win. Is there a case for allowing paid organ transplants?

Dirty tricks

As concerns are raised about increasing levels of industrial espionage, we ask: does business have a problem with ethics?

Superhuman

How far should athletes go in pursuit of the podium? Ethics Bites asked Michael Sandel about sport and genetic enhancement.

A different time and place

How should we judge slave owners? Were they innocent or guilty? Miranda Fricker talks about blame and historic injustice.

Death on the rails

Would you let someone die, to save five others? Would you kill someone to save five others? Explore trolleys, killing and the doctrine of double effect.

Human Use Of Animals

Peter Singer, possibly the most famous philosopher in the world, sparked the birth of the animal rights movement. Discover his take on the human use of animals.