IB Philosophy Ethics theme Applied Ethics

Navigating Ethical Gray Zones – Gene Editing, Corporate Morality & Wealth Gaps IB Philosophy Ethics theme Applied Ethics The world keeps changing faster than our gut-level sense of right and wrong. In this crash-course on applied ethics, we take the grand theories of morality off the bookshelf and put them to work on three of today’s sharpest dilemmas: Biomedical Ethics – CRISPR, cloning, stem-cell research, euthanasia. How far should we push the frontiers of life and who gets to decide? Business Ethics – Fair trade, supply-chain labor, corporate espionage. Can profit and principle ever be true partners? Wealth Distribution – Runaway inequality, taxation, charitable duty. Where’s the line between reward and injustice? Along the way we test each issue against utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, and draw fresh insight from thinkers like John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, Confucius, Charles Taylor, Frantz Fanon, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Stay to the end for reflection questions you can bring to the classroom, the boardroom, or your next dinner debate. 00:00 – Intro: Ethics in overdrive 00:46 – What is “applied ethics”? Our game plan 01:48 – Arena 1: Biomedical ethics (gene editing, defining life) 04:32 – Moral frameworks on biotech: utility, duty, virtue 05:55 – Arena 2: Business ethics (profit vs principles, globalization) 08:07 – Power & character in commerce: Fanon, Taylor, Nietzsche 09:15 – Arena 3: Wealth distribution (inequality, tax, charity) 11:05 – Philosophical lenses on fairness & social duty 11:54 – Key questions + take-aways 12:16 – Outro: Keeping ethics up to speed