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Category: Ethics

Ethics is a central area of philosophy. At Edinburgh, our philosophers focus on meta-ethics, normative ethics, and political philosophy.

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18 December 201929 October 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

A Kantian approach to philosophy in schools

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27 July 201831 July 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Feminism and philosophy

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23 July 201827 July 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Researchers at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Intuition and moral theory (train tracks)
10 May 20188 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Would you push a fat man off the bridge?

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19 March 20188 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Gender pay gap persists in Scotland

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5 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Brexit: what’s the impact on Scotland?

5 October 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Fibbing robots: what’s the harm in a little white lie?

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