An introductory series by Marianne Talbot exploring bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations. These podcasts will explain key moral theories, common moral arguments, and some background logic.

"Ethical Explorations: Moral Dilemmas in a Universe of Possibilities" by Brendan Shea is an open access textbook that provides a comprehensive study of ethical philosophy. The text features relatable narratives, clear explanations of core concepts, thought-provoking questions, and handy glossaries to help readers grasp the subject matter. Among the topics, you'll find the principles of utilitarianism through the adventures of a princess, an exploration of duty via a story about a golem, and a look at natural law theory through an engaging science-fiction tale. Contemporary themes also make an appearance, including discussions on Marxism, Nietzsche's radical ideas, Simone de Beauvoir's intersection of feminism and existentialism, and racial theories from W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King. As an open access (CC-BY) textbook, "Ethical Explorations" is freely available to everyone, making the study of moral philosophy accessible to all. It's a tool that gives its readers the means to wrestle with ethical questions in an ever-changing world.

This website is a tribute to the intellectual curiosity of young people. We know that they have
questions about all the big ideas that have engaged philosophers throughout the ages. What they
don’t have is a way to discuss those questions with other people, especially in an educational
setting.
That’s where you come in! By using this website, you’ll provide your wonderfully intelligent
and boldly inquisitive students with the opportunity to engage in a range of philosophical
discussions about issues that other students their age have told us were the most pressing ones in
their lives.
You may be wondering how you can do this without having any philosophical training. You will
be relieved to discover that teaching philosophy to secondary school children does not involve
giving lectures on the great philosophers of the past or the central problems of Western
philosophy. What is does require is that you commit yourself to giving your students the
opportunity to discuss philosophical questions among themselves.
We have tried to make this as easy for you as possible. We have created webpages devoted to
different philosophical issues that students have told us they want to discuss with their peers. On
each page, you will find a variety of different film clips. At the end of each clip, questions for
discussion appear on the screen. If you just pause the clip, you or a student can read the question
out loud to begin a philosophical discussion.
Your role is to facilitate that discussion, not tell the students what to think about anything; your
role is to assist students so that they can have a productive discussion with one another. For even
though children may be natural-born philosophers, they are not born ready to discuss issues with
their peers. That’s what we hope to help them with on this site.
Because “all” that the teacher has to do is to assist the children in their philosophical discussion,
it doesn’t require any special philosophical knowledge to teach philosophy to secondary school
children. All you need to know is how to facilitate a discussion among your students and, of
course, how to navigate this website so you know how to get to the material you need when you
need it!

This OER is a collection of case studies for discussions on ethical decision-making. It uses Communitarian and other philosophies to determine how and if outcomes might have been different uses alternatives to Utilitarianism. Cases cover recent issues in public relations, journalism, video games, social media, influencers, advertising, artificial intelligence, reality TV, and luxury brands.