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- Why It’s OK to Block Ads (2015) http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/10/why-its-ok-to-block-ads/ 146 comments
- Why It’s OK to Block Ads (2015) http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/10/why-its-ok-to-block-ads/ 105 comments
- Invertebrate Ethics http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2020/11/invertebrate-ethics/ 5 comments philosophy
- The Good Place, the Bad Place, and the Ugly Consequences http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/11/the-good-place-the-bad-place-and-the-ugly-consequences/ 25 comments philosophy
- Consciousness, Memory and Value - on the moral value of phenomenal consciousness http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/10/consciousness-memory-and-value/ 3 comments philosophy
- Utilitarian Supervillains, Moral Enhancement, and Enforced Vegetarianism http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2018/05/utilitarian-supervillains-moral-enhancement-and-enforced-vegetarianism/ 13 comments philosophy
- The Psychology of Speciesism: How We Privilege Certain Animals Over Others http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2018/02/the-psychology-of-speciesism-how-we-privilege-certain-animals-over-others/ 5 comments philosophy
- A Legal and Ethical Analysis of Iceland's Proposed Circumcision Ban http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2018/04/should-iceland-ban-circumcision-a-legal-and-ethical-analysis/ 5 comments philosophy
- Excellent essay on the implications of Virtual Wrongdoing for ethics and morality http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2020/03/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-why-is-virtual-wrongdoing-morally-disquieting-insofar-as-it-is/#_ftnref8 12 comments philosophy
- "...Communicating Moral Concern In An Era of Polarized Politics" – 3 lectures by Elizabeth Anderson https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/10/elizabeth-andersons-uehiro-lecture-summary-can-we-talk-communicating-moral-concern-in-an-era-of-polarized-politics-lecture-1-what-has-gone-wrong/ 3 comments philosophy
- On whether jurors have a moral obligation to avoid deadlock http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/03/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-do-jurors-have-a-moral-obligation-to-avoid-deadlock/ 5 comments philosophy
- Vaccine Refusal Is Like Tax Evasion http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/10/vaccine-refusal-is-like-tax-evasion 13 comments philosophy
- Contrary to ‘Now Is Not The Time’ rhetoric, philosophers Alexandra Couto and Guy Kahane argue that citizens and politicians have a duty to engage in public debate following major tragedies. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/03/now-is-not-the-time-is-it-wrong-to-engage-in-political-debate-following-a-tragedy/ 8 comments philosophy
- Global Warming & Vegetarianism: On What to Do When You Make No Difference http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/05/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-global-warming-vegetarianism-what-should-i-do-when-what-i-do-makes-no-difference-by-fergus-peace/ 48 comments philosophy
- On the Permissibility of Consentless Sex with Robots http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/05/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-is-sex-with-robots-rape-written-by-romy-eskens/ 597 comments philosophy
- Prostitution: You Can’t Have Your Cake and Sell It | an argument against the morality of prostitution http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/05/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-prostitution-you-cant-have-your-cake-and-sell-it-written-by-simon-pierre-chevarie-cossette/ 45 comments philosophy
- The tricky ethics of sexual relations with conjoined twins http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2018/03/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-when-is-sex-with-conjoined-twins-permissible/ 625 comments philosophy
- Abortion, punishment and moral consistency http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/04/guest-post-abortion-punishment-and-moral-consistency/ 59 comments philosophy
- Deaf couples sometimes choose to create deaf children over hearing children. Julian Savulescu argues they should be allowed to because such choices do no harm. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2008/03/is-it-wrong-to-deliberately-select-embryos-which-will-have-disabiltites/ 85 comments philosophy
- "Speciesism", the alleged predudice against different kinds of animals based on which species they belong to, correlates positively with racism, sexism, and homophobia http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2018/02/the-psychology-of-speciesism-how-we-privilege-certain-animals-over-others/ 51 comments science
- Bigotry and the Academic Abortion Debate http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/12/bigotry-and-the-academic-abortion-debate/ 74 comments philosophy
- What the Present Debate About Autonomous Weapons is Getting Wrong http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/08/what-the-present-debate-about-autonomous-weapons-is-getting-wrong/ 12 comments philosophy
- Are offensive jokes more permissible if they’re funny? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/03/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-are-offensive-jokes-more-permissible-if-theyre-funny-written-by-raphael-hogarth/ 3 comments philosophy
- How vegetarians should actually live [Undergraduate essay that won the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics] http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/03/oxford-uehiro-prize-in-practical-ethics-how-should-vegetarians-actually-live-a-reply-to-xavier-cohen-written-by-thomas-sittler/ 732 comments philosophy
- Yes, you should give to beggars http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/03/guest-post-should-you-give-to-beggars-yes-you-should/ 33 comments philosophy
- Is ad blocking a moral obligation? - from Oxford's 'Practical Ethics' blog http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/10/why-its-ok-to-block-ads/ 182 comments philosophy
- The ethics of reparations: what you owe to those harmed by the actions of your parents or more distant ancestors http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/10/some-thoughts-on-reparations/ 60 comments philosophy
- Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/06/guest-post-is-it-ethical-to-use-data-from-nazi-medical-experiments/ 4 comments philosophy
- Jeff McMahan on "A Challenge to Gun Rights" over at OUP's 'Practical Ethics' blog. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/04/a-challenge-to-gun-rights/ 209 comments philosophy
- Hilarious philosophical review of "Fifty Shades of Grey" on Oxford Practical Ethics Blog http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-a-philosophical-review/ 29 comments philosophy
- Christin Korsgaard on Treating People Like Animals http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/01/treated-like-animals-guest-post-by-christine-korsgaard/ 8 comments philosophy
- Why I am not a Utilitarian http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/11/why-i-am-not-a-utilitarian/ 330 comments philosophy
- Should We Intervene in Nature to Help Animals? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/12/should-we-intervene-in-nature-to-help-animals/ 76 comments philosophy
- Should there be separate ethical discourses? The case female genital mutilation and male circumcision. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/02/female-genital-mutilation-and-male-circumcision-time-to-confront-the-double-standard/ 112 comments philosophy
- Academia, philosophy, and ‘race’ http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/04/academia-philosophy-and-race/ 44 comments philosophy
- There are no significant facts about human beings http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/10/there-are-no-significant-facts-about-human-beings/ 30 comments philosophy
- Stress Influences Our Moral Behaviour http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/09/stress-influences-our-moral-behaviour/ 4 comments philosophy
- "Enlightened surveillance?" (Some upsides of the age of the digital panopticon) http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/01/enlightened-surveillance/ 3 comments philosophy
- The AAP report on circumcision: Bad science + bad ethics = bad medicine http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/08/the-aap-report-on-circumcision-bad-science-bad-ethics-bad-medicine/ 236 comments science
- What political philosophy blogs do you read? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/ 6 comments philosophy
Linking pages
- Inside the Zero Covid campaign - UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/02/inside-the-zero-covid-campaign/ 10 comments
- 50+ Cognitive Science and/or Philosophy Blogs | Nick Byrd, Ph.D. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10251/cognitive-science-andor-philosophy-blogs 3 comments
- Why you might want to think twice about surrendering online privacy for the sake of convenience https://theconversation.com/why-you-might-want-to-think-twice-about-surrendering-online-privacy-for-the-sake-of-convenience-71021 0 comments
- What do sugar and climate change have in common? Misplaced scepticism of the science https://theconversation.com/what-do-sugar-and-climate-change-have-in-common-misplaced-scepticism-of-the-science-66296 0 comments