Ethical Issues
Select audio recordings from lectures and courses by Dr. Peter J. Colosi.
The Union of Body and Soul in Human Persons
This is a four part series on the union of body and soul in human persons. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Dignity of Persons (2018)
In this lecture I discuss various sources of the dignity of persons; the text for this lecture is: Josef Seifert, “The Right to Life and the Fourfold Root of Human Dignity,” in The Nature and...
Catholic Social Teaching and Public Policy
Chuck Harvey (my friend and former student) invited me for an interview/discussion for Holy Spirit Radio in Philadelphia. We really hit the question concerning what the Church is and is not...
PHL 260 Introduction to: Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla
PHL 260 Ethical Issues class 10: Introduction to Love and Responsibility by Karol Wotyla.
PHL 260 The Pro-Choice Argument
The beginning of the pro-choice moral argument. I begin with a number of preliminary points setting the stage and parameters of the discussion. In this lecture I cover some embryological facts and...
PHL 260 The Pro-Life Argument
In this lecture I cover the pro life arguments presented in the book Understanding Abortion: From Mixed Feelings to Rational Thought (Lexington Books, 2012) by Stephen D. Schwarz with Kiki Latimer....
PHL 260 Economic Theories and The Ethical Questions Surrounding Them
In this lecture (PHL 260 Ethical Issues, Mar. 17, 2016), I discuss the book Economics for Helen by Hilaire Belloc. The goal of the lecture to introduce various economic theories and then think...
PHL 260 Intro to Catholic Social Teaching
In this lecture I introduce Catholic Social Teaching: it's historical beginnings and basic principles. The idea is to show the wisdom and common sense that the Church brings to various social...
PHL 260 Presentation of P. Singer’s theory
This is part 2 of lecture 5 of PHL 260 Ethical Issues, Fall 2016 at Savle Regina University. In this lecture I present P. Singer's ethical view as he understands himself (as best as I am able)....
PHL 260 People and Animals
This is class 5, part 1 of PHL 260 Ethical Issues. I continue the discussion of the sources of the dignity of persons and an interesting discussion on the question of the differences between animals...
PHL 260 Dignity of Persons
This is a two part lecture of PHL 260 Ethical Issues at Salve Regina University Spring 2016. In this lecture I explain the various sources of the dignity of persons. There is a handout here to...
PHL 260 Lecture on “Without Roots” by Marcelo Pera and Joseph Ratzinger
This is lecture 3 part 2 of PHL 260 Ethical Issues at Salve Regina University. In this lecture I discuss the book Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity and Islam (Basic books, 2007) by...
PHL 260 Ethical Issues: Relativism/objectivity and motives
This is part 1 of Lecture 3 of PHL 260 Ethical Issues Spring 2016. In this part I cover: a) a deepening of the critique of relativism by clearing up a common misunderstanding, namely, that people...
Ethical Issues: Foundational Metaphysical Distinctions
This is a two part series on Ethical Issues, Spring 2016 at Salve Regina University. In the first half of the lecture I explain a series of distinctions within being for the purpose of preparing the...
Ethical Issues: Morality of Lying
Lecture 1 of Ethical Issues, a course I am teaching at Salve Regina University Spring 2016. In this first half of the first lecture I introduce the course and begin the lecture on the morality of...