Moral Philosophy
This playlist brings together several courses on topics in moral philosophy, including utilitarianism, virtue ethics, meta-ethics, and Kantian deontological ethics.
What this playlist includes:
38 lectures across 6 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Courses and Lectures
1. Kantian Deontological Ethics
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
1.1. Kant, the Good Will, and Acting From Duty – 10:40
1.2. Acting from Duty vs. Motives of Love/Compassion – 10:18
1.3. Hypothetical vs. Categorical Imperatives – 07:57
1.4. The First Formulation of the Categorical Impera... – 12:38
1.5. The Second Formulation of the Categorical Imper... – 11:30
1.6. Objections to Kantianism – 11:25
2. Utilitarianism
Dr Claire Benn
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
2.1. Introduction to Utilitarianism – 10:42
2.2. Jeremy Bentham – 08:14
2.3. John Stuart Mill – 08:15
2.4. Problems – 09:08
2.5. Alternative Forms of Utilitarianism – 11:39
3. Utilitarianism
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
3.1. Introduction to Moral Theory and Utilitarianism – 10:35
3.2. Bentham's Hedonistic Utilitarianism – 10:58
3.3. Mill's Utilitarianism – 09:16
3.4. Preference Satisfaction and Objective List Acco... – 11:02
3.5. Calculating Welfare – 08:59
3.6. Objections to Utilitarianism – 11:43
3.7. Act and Rule Utilitarianism – 09:39
4. Virtue Ethics
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
4.1. What is Virtue Ethics? – 10:32
4.2. Aristotle and the Doctrine of the Mean – 11:39
4.3. The Function Argument – 08:13
4.4. Eudaimonia – 09:12
4.5. Becoming Good – 07:22
4.6. Contemporary Virtue Ethics: Iris Murdoch – 10:46
4.7. Contemporary Virtue Ethics: Alasdair MacIntyre – 12:38
5. Metaethics: Moral Anti-Realism
Dr Luke Elson
Reading University
Reading University
5.1. What is Moral Anti-Realism? – 07:26
5.2. Why be an Anti-Realist? – 09:35
5.3. Ayer’s Emotivism – 06:14
5.4. Hare’s Prescriptivism – 05:05
5.5. Mackie’s Error Theory – 06:12
5.6. Moral Disagreement – 07:16
5.7. Moral Progress – 05:42
5.8. Anti-Realism and Nihilism – 05:28
6. Metaethics: Do Moral Reasons Exist?
Prof. James Lenman
Sheffield University
Sheffield University
6.1. The Simple Desire View – 07:54
6.2. Reasons and Desires – 09:49
6.3. Moral Reasons and Error Theory – 14:41
6.4. The Ideal Desire View – 10:47
6.5. Three Kinds of Optimism – 15:14
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