December 9, 2008 by

Past Questions: Genetic engineering and embryo research

Past Questions Genetic Engineering and Embryo Research Genetic engineering and embryo research is part of the Applied Ethics element of the…

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December 8, 2008 by

Start Here: Introduction to Kant

START HERE: Kant and the website All material in this section is fully integrated so you should be able to move…

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December 8, 2008 by

Past Questions: Religious ethics

Religious Ethics Here are some past questions from the OCR board on religious ethics.  The section of the website deals with…

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November 20, 2008 by

Debate: Euthanasia

EUTHANASIA A I want euthanasia legalized for egoistic reasons. If I were to become incurably ill, I would want to be…

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November 18, 2008 by

JUST WAR CRITERIA: a summary

The Criteria for a Just War Old Testament: “At the same time we captured and destroyed every town and put everyone…

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November 17, 2008 by

Essay: Utilitarianism

a. Distinguish between the Utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill This essay was written by an AS candidate in the Old Spec…

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November 16, 2008 by

Is integrity the key virtue?

A student of mine once said to me “I will do almost anything to get along”. Anything? Would you lie to…

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November 4, 2008 by

The Financial Crisis

“Politics”, wrote Aristotle, “is morality by another name”.Recent events with the collapse of share prices and the near-collapse of major UK…

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November 1, 2008 by

Handout: Just War

Just War Theory and Holy War “War has presented the twentieth century with perhaps its most crucial moral problem”Robin Gill (1985:257)…

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October 31, 2008 by

ORIGINAL TEXT Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics By Aristotle Aristotle’s lecture notes were (we think) recorded by his son.  The essence of Aristotle’s view of ethics…

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