• Introduction to ethics

  Ethics tackles some of the fundamental questions of human life: How should people live? What should people do in particular situations?

• Abortion

  The abortion debate asks whether it can be morally right to terminate a pregnancy before normal childbirth.

• Animal ethics

  Rational argument about the right and wrong way to treat animals is made difficult by the love that many of us feel for animals.

• Capital punishment

  Capital punishment is the practice of executing someone as punishment for a specific crime after a proper legal trial.

• Charity

  A number of ethical issues come up regularly when discussing charity work.

• Contraception

  Is contraception an issue of human rights? Is there ever a duty to use contraception?

• Euthanasia

  Euthanasia is the termination of a very sick person's life in order to relieve them of their suffering.

• Female Circumcision

  The practice of female circumcision is widespread within some African cultures and ethnic groups.

• Forced Marriage

  Forced marriages are a result of cultural factors, and no major religion in the world advocates forced marriages.

• Honour Crimes

  Honour killing is the murder of a woman accused of bringing shame upon her family.

• Lying

  Lying is probably one of the most common wrong acts that we carry out. Most people would condemn lying except when there's a good reason for it.

• Male Circumcision

  Circumcision is primarily carried out for religious or cultural reasons. It is sometimes done for health, hygiene and aesthetic reasons.

• Slavery

  Slavery can broadly be described as the ownership, buying and selling of human beings for the purpose of forced and unpaid labour.

• Sport

  Competition is not unethical but the allure of winning can drive some competitors to unethical behaviour.

• Torture

  Torture involves deliberately inflicting physical or mental pain on a person without legal cause.

• Ethics of War

  Is it ever right to go to war? When is it right to wage war? What is the moral way to conduct a war?

See also

• Religion and Ethics home
• Religions