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Posts By: peter
Extract 7: Aristotle’s Idea of the Soul
source Aristotle expands his notion of happiness through an analysis of the human soul which structures and animates a living human…
Read MoreExtract 5: The Meaning of Phronesis
source Practical wisdom (Greek phronesis; sometimes translated ‘prudence’), says Aristotle, is ‘a reasoned capacity to act with regard to the things…
Read MoreRoadmap: Virtue Ethics
Aristotelean virtue ethics is different from MacIntyre’s in at least three ways. Aristotle starts with an idea of the soul –…
Read MoreHandout: Augustine on the Will, Sin and Grace
Augustine on Human Nature Here is an example of the excellent resources on the website philosopherkings. Please go to the website…
Read MoreRoadmap: Natural Law
Natural Law is driven by a teleological principle that everything, and everyone has a ‘proper purpose’ or ultimate function. According to…
Read MoreUtilitarianism Roadmap: Structure of Thought
Utilitarianism is an empirical philosophy (requiring a calculation) derived from the idea that pleasure or happiness is the one intrinsic good….
Read MoreExtract 8: Euthanasia – a personal reflection against
source: Church of England Christopher Jones wrote this reflection on 30th November 2011, less than six months before his death, aged…
Read MoreRoadmap: Kant’s Structure of Thought
Kantian ethics divides into two sets of ideas – or pairs of opposites. The key to understanding Kant is to try…
Read MorePowerpoint: Design v evolution
Is the world evidence of some creative mind giving it purpose, or is there an essential randonmness to the way things…
Read MorePowerpoint: Creation v Big Bang
Can these two views of the origins of the Universe be reconciled? Creation and the big bang from Peped
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
