There are different cultural practices around the world. Infanticide is an example. This solution provides an insight into how it is wrong to conclude from this that morality is relative.

It is sometimes alleged that all moral truths are true relative to a culture.

An enumeration of the charges against Socrates and a brief account of the problems with those charges according to Apology and Crito by Socrates.

Explain why it is, according to Socrates' reasoning (as presented in both the Apology and the Crito) that as a good man he is constrained to accept the outcome of his trial which leads to his execution.

Clarification on Certain Concepts Found in "The Elements of Moral Philosophy" by James Rachels.

I am having difficulties understanding certain topics of ethics and I have put them in question form below: I need the answers to those questions to help me to prepare for my exam.. The answers will be very rewarding in helping me to understand the topics of Ethcis that we have covered in our class better. (our book " The elements of Moral Philosophy" by James Rachels) These are the questions that I find diffuclt to answer and I would appreciate it if you could provide short answers ( maybe one paragraph, that will allow me to understand the answer fully) in order for me to get rid of the confusion and better understand my topics and also better prepare for my test. The answers that you... click for more

Philosophy - The Survival Lottery

"The Survival Lottery": Suppose that everyone is given a sort of lottery number. Whenever doctors have two or more dying patients who could be saved by transplants, and no suitable organs have come to hand through 'natural' deaths, they can ask a central computer to supply a suitable donor. The computer will then pick the number of a suitable donor at random and he will be killed so that the lives of two or more others may be saved." (From John Harris, "The Survival Lottery") Based on the views of Utilitarianism and Kantian ethics, is there anything morally objectionable about the Survival Lottery? When stating your position and supporting it with reasons, what can you consider w... click for more

A discussion about global economic inequalities.

The world GNP keeps rising with the world population. This is as it should be. However, the distribution of this wealth is also transforming, so that a minority are becoming very rich indeed, while both the numbers and the proportion living in relative (some say absolute) poverty keep increasing. These problems are typically left to governments, NGOs and religious institutions to deal with. Does any further obligation devolve to ordinary lives? I propose that self-interest and 'altruism', utilitarianism and a priori ethics, at least in this case, are indistinguishable. Is economic inequity a moral issue?