163. THE CLIMATE CRISIS CRISIS - Why The UK Government Is Failing Us

September 25, 2023 by DaN McKee in Environment, Elections, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics

“This week’s Philosophy Unleashed presents a very simple argument…“

40. CAN WE USE THE CORONAVIRUS TO SAVE THE PLANET? - A Student Ponders The Positives of This Pandemic

April 20, 2020 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, COVID19, Culture, Environment, Ethics, Philosophy Unleashed, Philosophy, Student Writing, Vegetarianism

“Currently we know little about the virus, but we have not denied the science. We accept that it is a major issue that needs to be tackled. In comparison we know a lot about the effect of climate change. However, we do not treat climate change with the same sense of urgency than the virus. “

33. NO TO CHILDREN, YES TO THE PLANET - Should We Subscribe To Ecological Anti-Natalist Views?

February 24, 2020 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Death, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Religion, Student Writing, Vegetarianism

“Ecological anti-natalism is the position that procreation leads to more destruction of our planet and therefore more suffering so it is morally bad, therefore we should abstain from it. I shall argue why we should take this view into account.”

31. GET WELL SOON - What Our Ethic of Personal Illness May Tell Us About Our Wider Hopes to be Ethical People

February 03, 2020 by DaN McKee in Ethics, Philosophy Unleashed, Philosophy, School, Work, COVID19

“Possibly our lack of ethical concern about the spreading of diseases, speaks to our larger ethical deficit when it comes to sacrificing our own immediate pleasures for the greater good of others: the clothing that we want despite the potential bad treatment of workers who made them; the holiday that we want despite the environmental impact of our journey; the social media we enjoy despite the potential epistemic breakdown it is causing for many of our civilisation-sustaining institutions… “

30. REBEL VEGETARIAN - Why It May Be Morally Right For Ethical Vegetarians and Vegans to Eat Burger King and KFC's Plant-Based Products Despite Their Non-Veggie Cooking Methods

January 27, 2020 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Vegetarianism

“the recent story of Burger King’s “Rebel Whopper” has brought to the forefront of my mind the strange diversity of motivation which make people choose to cut out meat and/or dairy from their diets, and the resulting consequences, and potential for error, within ethical thinking.”

17. WHY I CLIMATE STRIKE - A Student Striker Gives Us Their Thoughts From The Frontlines.

October 07, 2019 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy Unleashed, School, Student Writing, Environment

'“Since when did kids have the right to get annoyed at adults, break rules and even participate in Non Violent Direct Action? It happened when you, the generations above me, chose not to act seriously on the climate crisis. The science has been around for 30 years, that’s 30 years of allowing emissions to rise uncontrollably. If people had acted back then, we wouldn’t need to strike now. But they didn’t. You didn’t.”