Ethically Yours

Military and Medical Ethics, Broadly Construed

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Conflicting Values

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Another blurb for my students regarding M2A1.  Remember that when we are working within virtue ethics, virtues are moral values. This is not necessarily the case in other moral theories. Do they come into conflict? This is somewhat of a debate in the academic literature. Traditionally Aristotle held that they cannot come into conflict because [...]

Prisoners’ Dilemma?

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Some notes for my students… Make sure to note that in the prisoners’ dilemma "cooperation" is between the prisoners, not between a prisoner and the police.   That is, it is in each person’s best interest to stay silent and not ‘rat’ out the other.  An example of PD reasoning… You and another person are accused [...]