Applied Ethics Debate Guide
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Applied ethics is the application of ethical principles to government, business, science, and other practical everyday issues.
The glue that holds all relationships together - including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity- Brian Tracy
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.- Oprah Winfrey
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Civilization
- What do you make of those people who don’t agree with your view of right and wrong ? In your view, are those people less-evolved than yourselves? Are they lacking some gene that would allow them to better differentiate right from wrong?
- Will mankind “evolve” to where everyone understands some objective truth in the future?
- What are the prospects for the survival of civilization?
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War
- I’m sure the millions (billions?) around the world who disagree with Bush’s war on terror are fuming because they believe he is wrong, but they are powerless against his military machine. To them, "might makes right" according to the law of the jungle. And how do we ever reconcile this problem?
- Is war ethical?
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Medicine
- Is euthanasia ethical?
- What role should does/should Eugenics play in society?
- What are some of the dynamics of the Hippocratic Oath?
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Happiness
- How does one cope with choice anxiety?
