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The man-nature relationship and environmental ethics.

Our behaviour and policies with regard to nature and the environment should be guided by a code of ethics, which is to be derived from basic principles and from a pragmatic consideration of the issues at stake. The man-nature relationship has always been ambiguous, nature being seen as both a provider and an enemy. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, man is set apart from nature and called to dom...

Methods of Ethics and the Descent of Man: Darwin and Sidgwick on Ethics and Evolution

Darwin's writings on ethics and evolution have generated a wide variety of responses among moral philosophers. In this paper, I shall focus on responses by moral philosophers to the question of whether the application of Darwin's theory of natural selection to the moral faculty gives us any reason to question the epistemic credentials of our ethical beliefs. 1 1 I shall be using the term 'epist...

Codes of ethics in research and experimentation in man.

Is the Just Man a Happy Man? An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Ethics and Subjective Well-being

In this paper I consider the question of whether ethical decision-making affects a person’s happiness. Using cross-country data from the World Values Survey, I find that people who agree that it is never justifiable to engage in ethically-questionable behaviors report that they are more satisfied with their life than people who are more tolerant of unethical conduct, even after controlling for ...

The Ethics of Violent Reprisal: Complexity and Productivity in The Bluest Eye, Corregidora, and Eva's Man

This thesis will explore the morally ambiguous nature of violence when used as a response to racial oppression and misogyny in three contemporary American novels: Corregidora (1975) and Eva’s Man (1976) by Gayl Jones, and The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison. All three of these novels feature female characters whose acts of violence may be interpreted as responses to racism and sexism. Violen...