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Extract 1: Omnipotence
Omnipotence Source: Catholic Encylopaedia Omnipotence is the power of God to effect whatever is not intrinsically impossible. These last words of…
Read MoreArticle: Augustine and Boethius
The nature of God's foreknowledge (one of his attributes, that eh knows what we do before we do it) is discussed…
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Help! "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even…
Read MoreWhy study Philosophy?
Why Study Philosophy? Source: philosophy.sdsu.edu One good reason is that it’s interesting and fun. Another is that the kinds of questions philosophy…
Read MoreExtract 4: Descartes Argument Meditation 5
Summary of Meditation 5 Summary Of Descartes’ Argument Having proved God exists and is not a deceiver, Descartes turns next to…
Read MoreRoadmap Feelings
Treatise on Human Nature Book II Hume declares “reason is the slave of the passions”, meaning the only source of moral…
Read MoreExtract 1: RM Hare considers the principle of ends
Is Kantian ethics compatible with utilitarianism? Sorting Out Ethics R.M.Hare pages 153-5 RM Hare argues in this extract that much…
Read MoreExtract 5: Paul Ramsey on love and justice
Joseph Fletcher quotes Paul Ramsey's Basic Christian Ethics in a number of places, calling it " a brilliant exposition of the…
Read MoreExtract 4: The Grand Inquisitor
Joseph Fletcher mentions the Grand Inquisitor in his book Situation Ethics. "It is Ivan's story to Alyosha about the terrible burden…
Read MoreRoger Crisp on Utilitarianism (Philosophy Bites)
Click here for Roger Crisp’s excellent podcast on Bentham and Mill, explaining the hedonistic view of Bentham and Mill. Can we…
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