>Why is the world so corrupt?
>What causes corruption? Is it human nature? What makes some people and some places more corrupt than others? What is it that makes New Zealand the least corrupt country in the world?
Category Archives: Ethics
>Does morality hold a role within Economics?
>They say the American Dream is an economic one. But can we achieve economic prosperity without morals?
>In a recession should we spend or should we pay off the debts?
>The UK budget was announed today. It aims to eliminate the 11% deficit in less than four years. Is this reasonable? Who will pay the price? Is that right/just?
>Should we ‘turn the other cheek’?
>Do you think Pacifism has any logic? Or is it just idealistic nonsense that we are forced to abandon whenever the situation really calls for violence?
>Is it right for Iran to arm itself?
>If not then should other countries with nuclear weapons dis-arm?
>Foreign Intervention
>Can foreign intervention be justified? If so under what circumstances? And how far can it go?
>Does universal morality exist?
>*Everyone (with the exception of a few weirdos) believes that murdering for the sake of murdering is wrong.
*Every culture has a limit on the number of women one can marry (yes, some say you can have 10 wives while others say only one, but there is still a limit), therefore suggesting that it is wrong to simply sleep with or marry any woman one pleases.
*If we make a promise to someone and break it, we try to justify it. However, if one breaks a promise to us we feel wronged, therefore implying that breaking a promise/treaty is unjustifiable.
*If there was a person drowning in a nearby creek and we had the ability to save them without any threat to our own lives, everyone would probably do it (again, with the exception of some weirdos)
These are the arguments of a theorist known as C.S. Lewis. He argues that universal morality exists even among different cultures. Now I ask whether or not his arguments are strong?
Is there universal morality?
>Should you obey laws if you think they’re wrong or immoral?
>This question was pondered by pretty much every great philosopher: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, the list continues.
>Banker’s bonuses
>Should they be taking them or not?
>What is equality and who is equal?
>The concept of equality has changed over time. At first it would have been all members of a group, then a class and sex, then a sex and colour etc. Did you know that some of the first advocates of communism said women were possessions and should therefore be shared like everything else?
So what does equality mean to you today? Does it mean all people being completely equal in rights etc? Or do you think animals should be treated equally too? Maybe you’d go the opposite way and perhaps say that people should not be considered equal?
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