Bitesize Ethics 2024: Week 1 Introduction to Practical Ethics

Date: 26/06/2024 Introduction to Practical Ethics
Tutor: Dr Emma Dore-Horgan
What do we mean by ‘practical ethics’? What sorts of real-world ethical problems are practical ethicists concerned with?
In this introductory session, we discuss the nature of practical ethics and its major subfields. We then raise and discuss some key issues and major debates in practical ethics that concern philosophers and the public alike today, before gesturing toward the practical ethics topics that we will explore over the next ten weeks.