Over the years, the A level syllabi have covered various topics in ethics. The current (2017) AQA Philosophy syllabus covers utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, Aristotelian virtue ethics, metaethics and various issues in practical ethics. These topics are all discussed in handouts available from the Routledge companion website for A level philosophy. My writings on topics in ethics collected here are supplementary to that collection. Within each section, they are arranged roughly by theme.
Metaethics
Normative and metaethical relativism and absolutism
Relativism
A Relative Defence
Cognitivism and noncognitivism: Developments
Sympathy
Hume on reason and emotion
Moral knowledge
How can we tell right from wrong?
Normative ethics
Morality as a social contract
Self-interest and morality
Morality as based on reason
Aristotle’s ethics: Core concepts
Plato and Aristotle on well-being
Plato and Aristotle on acquiring ethical knowledge
Aristotle on pleasure
Modern deontology
Conscience
Psychoanalysis, emotions and living a good life
Love, reality and psychoanalysis
Practical ethics
Abortion
Crime and punishment
Environmental ethics
Euthanasia
Just War Theory
Poverty
Cloning
Michael Lacewing 