John Harris is an influential UK bioethicist whose hard core utilitarianism makes his ideas dangerous and potentially as tyrannical as those of Peter Singer–perhaps more. I first became aware of ...

In a philosophy seminar many years ago I called utilitarian ethics ‘the moral view from nowhere’. Like so many smart-ass undergrads I was riffing from a work that I knew my philosophy peers would have ...

The recent not-so-surprising move by acting Labor leader Tanya Plibersek to remove the Labor conscience vote on same-sex marriage indicates dislike at best and contempt at worst for free, open and ...

Every day, we make choices that shape who we are and how we impact the world around us. These short videos introduce foundational ethical frameworks to help students think more critically about the ...

“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.” Actor Warren Beatty would hardly have envisaged his words being lived out by a world-famous ...

John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher and political economist who authored the 1863 text Utilitarianism, honing its definition, scribbling in the margins and fundamentally influencing the way ...

Would you ride in a self-driving car that has been programmed to sacrifice its passengers to save the lives of others, in the event of a serious accident? New research has found that people generally ...

Peter Singer was in Oxford last week. The bestselling advocate of utilitarianism was the star contributor to a conference in which he talked with a group of Christian ethicists. Given Singer's ...

The consequences of our actions are important. They matter. But if the utilitarian is right, then consequences are all that matters. Is this correct? The main principle of utilitarian moral theory, ...