1. Do non-human animals have moral status? If so, what grounds it?
2. ‘It is not possible to avoid anthropocentrism in environmental ethics.’
Discuss.
3. Should we prioritise the needs of future generations over the needs of
the currently worst-off?
4. ‘Scientific concepts aim to represent reality; moral concepts don’t.’
Discuss
5. Should we give any weight to moral testimony?
6. Is it ever permissible to lie? Choosing at least one of Kant’s
formulations of the categorical imperative, explain why, or why not.
7. EITHER: (a) ‘If I enjoy helping my friend, I’m not acting from duty
alone, so my action has no moral worth.’ Is this the right way to
understand Kant?
OR: (b) ‘Someone who breaks the moral law is not free.’ Is this true,
according to Kant?
8. Can we decide to trust? What does this tell us about the nature of
trust?
9. EITHER: (a) Could there be forms of epistemic injustice that are
neither testimonial nor hermeneutical?
OR: (b) When we perpetrate an epistemic injustice, in what sense can
we be said to be culpable? And are we always culpable when we do
so?
10. ‘It seems that an agent can be morally praiseworthy even though he
is determined to perform the action he performs. But an agent cannot
be morally blameworthy if he is determined to perform the action he
performs. Determination, then, is compatible with an agent’s
responsibility for a good action, but incompatible with an agent’s
responsibility for a bad action.’ Discuss.