Article Text
Teaching and learning ethics
Against moral theories: reply to Benatar
Abstract
D Benatar argues that in the author’s recent article Moral theories in teaching applied ethics, the author overlooked important roles that could be played by moral theories in such teaching. In this reply, the cases that Benatar suggests are considered and for each an alternative approach is suggested that will avoid the costs discussed in the original paper and will also be a more effective response to that particular issue.
Statistics from Altmetric.com
Read the full text or download the PDF:
Other content recommended for you
- Moral theories may have some role in teaching applied ethics
- How to teach moral theories in applied ethics
- Teaching moral theories is an option: reply to Rob Lawlor
- Moral theories in teaching applied ethics
- Respect for autonomy: deciding what is good for oneself
- Moral reasoning in disaster scenarios
- The inference from a single case: moral versus scientific inferences in implementing new biotechnologies
- Avoiding evasion: medical ethics education and emotion theory
- Double effect: a useful rule that alone cannot justify hastening death
- Prescribing meaning: hedonistic perspectives on the therapeutic use of psychedelic-assisted meaning enhancement