Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Social ethics

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.

2 episodes

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  1. Social Darwinism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism, a school of thought which attempted to apply Darwin's ideas about evolution to human society.

    20 February 2014

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    Featuring: Adam Kuper, Gregory Radick, Charlotte Sleigh

     
  2. The Philosophy of Love

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the philosophy of love, a search for a completeness in human nature.

    29 March 2001

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    Featuring: Roger Scruton, Angie Hobbs, Thomas Docherty