Philosophy: Ethics
Ethics and Moral Systems
A good starting place to investigate ethics is Luke Muelhauser's blog [http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=2654] which problematises our need for a specific moral code and his 'course' on Introduction to Ethics [http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=2122]. This is interesting because it looks at Ethics from a secular (non-religious perspective), which is different from the traditional philosophers who operated within a very Christian society. Even today, many people think it is not possible to be ethical without a "god-given" set of rules.
Ideas for research questions on ethics could come from The Ethics Centre [http://www.ethics.org.au/on-ethics/blog]
Ideas for research questions on ethics could come from The Ethics Centre [http://www.ethics.org.au/on-ethics/blog]
Environmental Ethics
Santa Clara University [https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/more/environmental-ethics/resources/a-short-course-in-environmental-ethics/] has an online course guide which lays out key elements of environmental justice and ethics (including a Catholic perspective)
Post-capitalist Ethics
This area of philosophy highlights the inequity inherent in capitalist economies and theorises about alternative economic systems.
The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/after-capitalism-what-comes-next-for-a-start-ethics-44975] outlines the key concepts of a sharing economy and how Fureai Kippu has been operating in Japan since the 1980s.
The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/after-capitalism-what-comes-next-for-a-start-ethics-44975] outlines the key concepts of a sharing economy and how Fureai Kippu has been operating in Japan since the 1980s.
Privacy
Santa Clara University has a student guide about the ethics of online privacy [https://www.scu.edu/ethics/privacy/]
Technology and Ethics
Santa Clara University has an online ethics course for students of Software Engineering [https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/more/engineering-ethics/an-introduction-to-software-engineering-ethics/].
This review of Heikkerö's Ethics of Technology [http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/38266-ethics-in-technology-a-philosophical-study/] critiques the division of philosophy into knowledge, ethics and being - Technology imbues all of these areas, making them interdependent. (Look halfway down from the paragraph beginning "Heikkerö's intentions are not primarily polemical...")
This review of Heikkerö's Ethics of Technology [http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/38266-ethics-in-technology-a-philosophical-study/] critiques the division of philosophy into knowledge, ethics and being - Technology imbues all of these areas, making them interdependent. (Look halfway down from the paragraph beginning "Heikkerö's intentions are not primarily polemical...")