Ethically Yours

Military and Medical Ethics, Broadly Construed

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TED: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in Prison

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

TED: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in Prison Link to the Prison University Project:  http://www.prisonuniversityproject.org/

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 [...]