Category Archives: Ethics

An Inconsistency Within the Abortion Debate

Posted on January 18, 2009 by shaunmiller

I’ve been prepping up to teach abortion in my ethics class.  Teaching abortion is either really fun to teach, or really disastrous.  It’s one of those topics that can get into really heated discussions, which is the best in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Ethics, Paper Topic, Rights, Values | 13 Comments

Sex Education: The Netherlands vs. The British

Posted on December 29, 2008 by shaunmiller

An article in the British Times showed the differences between the two.  You can see the similarities between the British and American views about sex and sex education. Check it out here.

Posted in Education, Ethics, Experts, Health, Relationships, Same-Sex, Sexuality, Teaching, Values | 5 Comments

Peter Singer on Ethics, Darwin, and Vegetarianism

Posted on November 20, 2008 by shaunmiller

Peter Singer was on Point of Inquiry for the last two weeks talking about Ethics, Darwin, and Vegetarianism. In Part I, he talks about various ethical issues.  This comes from the site: Peter Singer explores how controversial or compatible his … Continue reading →

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Systems vs. Individuals: Is the Fault of Morality within the Institution or without?

Posted on October 23, 2008 by shaunmiller

I haven’t fully developed this line of thought, so I’m only presenting something that I’ve observed rather trying to make heads or tails of this. Many people have looked at certain institutions and claimed that the institution itself is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Capital Punishment, Ethics, Paper Topic, Pornography | 2 Comments

Book Review: Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on October 19, 2008 by shaunmiller

I really didn’t get into Vonnegut until the middle of college (this was about 5 or 6 years ago).  I only read about three books and initially, his writing style put me off.  I don’t know why, maybe it was … Continue reading →

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Barbara Oakley on Evil Genes

Posted on October 19, 2008 by shaunmiller

At Point of Inquiry, Barbara Oakley brings out a thesis of evil genes.  She states that Zimbardo and Milgram’s experiments were flawed and suggests that we aren’t evil (or good) because of our environmental upbringing; rather, we are born evil … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Experts, Religion | 2 Comments

Palin’s View on Abortion

Posted on October 3, 2008 by shaunmiller

Gov. Sarah Palin has received a lot of heat for being really extreme on her view of abortion. Just to recap, Palin’s view is that abortion is impermissible except for cases where the mother’s health or life is on the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008 Election, Abortion, Ethics, Paper Topic, Politics | 5 Comments

Respecting the Soldiers

Posted on September 30, 2008 by shaunmiller

I have noticed an interesting, yet inconsistent attitude toward the soldiers by comparing the attitudes of today with the attitudes during the Vietnam era. Now both the Vietnam War and the current War in Iraq are unpopular wars.  But let’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Government, Paper Topic, Politics, Respect, Soldiers | 3 Comments

Contract vs. Communicative Sexuality

Posted on September 22, 2008 by shaunmiller

I’m re-reading Lois Pineau’s article entitled “Date Rape: A Feminist Analysis.”  It talks about date rape and the legalities of the procedure.  The thing that really interested me was the end of the article where Pineau describes the difference between … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Paper Topic, Sexuality | 9 Comments

On Discovering Nietzsche’s Values

Posted on September 22, 2008 by shaunmiller

One of my professors from Utah State University has come up with an interesting thought experiment of discovering Nietzsche’s values.  I think it’s pretty good.  If you want to read go to the site to see other comments made on … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Nietzsche, Values | 3 Comments