Summary: The Divine Command Theory of Ethics
source Divine Command Theory (DCT) of ethics holds that an act is either moral or immoral solely because God either commands…
Read MoreExtract: Barak Obama, Faith, Reason and Politics
source Each day, it seems, thousands of Americans are going about their daily rounds — dropping off the kids at school,…
Read MoreHandout: Divine Command Theory
source From Moral Philosophy through the Ages by James Fieser Home: www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser/class/300 INTRODUCTION “The Underwear Bomber” is the name given to…
Read MoreExtract: Duns Scotus – a Divine Command theory of Natural law
source For Duns Scotus the natural law in the strict sense contains only those moral propositions that are per se notae…
Read MoreCase Study: IVF Treatment
source Film-maker and novelist Rebecca Frayn, now 49, of west London, and husband Andy Harries, a TV executive and producer, spent…
Read MoreWORKBOOK: Genetic Engineering
WORKBOOK: Genetic Engineering In this section we apply the ethical principles of Natural law, Kantian and Utilitarian Ethics to four case…
Read MoreCase Study: Right to a Child
source Bill and Susan McNamara have huge reproductive problems.3 Bill has an extremely low sperm count, and Susan is allergic to…
Read MoreStarter Activity: Consent
Read MoreExtract 7: A Christian Perspective on the Perfect Human Being (Eugenics)
source Positive Eugenics – is it even an Issue? Much has been made in science fiction, notably in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave…
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