1. ‘There is no number of mild headaches whose relief would outweigh
saving the life of an innocent person.’ Discuss.
2. ‘The development of the world into a “global village” has made an
important, though still unrecognized, difference to our moral situation.’
(SINGER) Has it altered our duties of beneficence?
3. How does deception affect the validity of consent? Do mistakes affect
consent in the same way?
4. Does the obligation to keep a promise depend on the existence of social
practices?
5. Who is better placed to account for the objectivity of morality: a voluntarist
or a sentimentalist?
6. What is the best argument for rationalism?
7. Does Hume accept Hume’s Law?
8. Do moral judgements motivate contingently, necessarily, or not at all?
9. Can one be honest without also being kind?
10. ‘A person without any desire to be good has no reason to be good.’ Do
you agree?