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Tag: Applied Ethics
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Are Nuclear Weapons a Necessary Evil? Part 2: An Introduction to the Applied Ethics of Nuclear Warfare
General Difficulty: A-Level, Undergraduate Series Introduction It is no exaggeration that August 6th 1945 saw one of the most horrific days in human history. At 8:15 in Hiroshima, Japan, a crew on the plane Enola Gay dropped the first-ever nuclear weapon, called ‘the Little Boy’. They watched as a whole…
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Are Nuclear Weapons A Necessary Evil? Part 1: A Brief History
Difficulty Level: General Series Introduction It is no exaggeration that August 6th 1945 saw one of the most horrific days in human history. At 8:15 in Hiroshima, Japan, a crew on the plane Enola Gay dropped the first-ever nuclear weapon, called ‘the Little Boy’. They watched as a whole city,…
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The Importance of Bodily Autonomy: Nurse Gives Patients Saline Instead of Vaccine
On Thursday 12th August, BBC News reported that a nurse in Germany had been giving patients an injection of saline (a harmless mixture of water and salt) instead of the Covid vaccination. She defended herself by arguing that she only did it to six patients due to dropping a number…