September 9, 2013 by

    Aristotle Rebecca

    From Diana Nyad to One Direction (via Aristotle) At the start of the academic year it is probably a good time…

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    September 5, 2013 by

    Thinking Philosophically

    Thinking philosophically Students every year report some disappointments with their grades (as well as some excellent results). Part of the problem…

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    July 5, 2013 by

    Advanced Article:Hare and Universalisability

    For an excellent article with many useful quotes and criticisms of Hare’s prescriptivism go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~socrates/papers/Hare%20on%20Universalizability.pdf

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    May 20, 2013 by

    Issues: SURROUNDING CONTRACEPTION

    Issues surrounding Contraception What are the ethical issues surrounding contraception? Ethical issues tend to fall into three categories: those concerning consequences…

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    May 9, 2013 by

    Predictions 2013

    I am very grateful to Laura Middleton of St Leonard's for sending me a list of predicted questions for this coming…

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    May 7, 2013 by

    Environmental Ethics

    Environmental Ethics What are the issues surrounding environmental ethics? This is the second blog leading up to the A level exam…

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    May 1, 2013 by

    Genetic Engineering

    Genetic Engineering In a twice weekly blog I give some advice on some A level issues very likely to be in…

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    April 22, 2013 by

    Predicting exam questions

    Predicting Exam Questions Every year I have a bit of fun trying to predict this year’s questions for the OCR exam…

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    April 18, 2013 by

    Exams are getting nearer!

    Exams are getting nearer! No-one likes exams (well if they do, I haven’t met them yet!). I used to get really…

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    April 5, 2013 by

    Miracles

    Can we believe in miracles? The empiricist David Hume famously defined miracles as “a violation of a law of nature by…

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