Professional Ethics Panels/Topics

We are tempted to call him a philosopher podcaster to the stars. Nigel Warburton has interviewed the most luminous in the cosmos of contemporary philosophers in the English-speaking world. From Peter Singer to Mary Warnock, two among the philosophical supernovae to be sure. For the gravity-bound, remember it was Peter Singer's 1975 book Animal Liberation which helped launch the modern animal rights movement.  Singer's recent work has highlighted his long-standing contention that the affluent among us have a duty to give to the poor in our midst.

Originally submitted by: barcode 2x

Auto company and supplier red ink and job losses? Housing market in steep decline? Rising college tuition costs and student debt overload? During the past year, bad news has taken over. Yet, we know that getting and giving bad news is part of living. And we know that some professionals are "professionals" in the breaking of bad news. As much as anyone, the professional bad news bearers know that what they are doing has serious ethical consequences.

Originally submitted by: The Itinerant Ethicist

Originally submitted by: The Itinerant Ethicist