The Moral Landscape

• How can we prove or verify what is good action in complex situations;
• To what extent are knowledge claims in ethics open to bias and other limitations;
• What are the strengths and limitations of emotion and reason when deciding on courses of action.

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Moral Relativism vs Absolutism

Steven Pinker Redefines Moral Relativism

Ethics – you are now God

                                  

One model for a Universal Moral Code here

• What are the knowledge questions around the application of one, universal code of ways to behave, across the whole world?
• Is morality determined by cultural, social and historical context …? … or is it universal?

The problems with relativism – BBC article

Arguments for and against moral relativism 

The Evolution of Morality