How Do You Form Ethical Opinions? Make Ethical Decisions?

Whether we call it this or not, we all have an ethical theory that informs our ethical perspective and decisions. Hot topics like war, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, birth control, reproductive technologies are met with varied opinions and, for many people, uncertainty about where they stand and why.

How can we develop our ethical theory and how does that inform ethical decision making? John Feinburg, author of Ethics for a Brave New World sheds light on the topic.