March 16, 2013 by

Article: Theological Determinism, Calvin and Catholic views

Here is an interesting article contrasting Catholic and Calvinist ideas of predestination. It's about time Theological Determinism came up in the…

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March 10, 2013 by

Article: Free will and autonomy Victor Stenger

In this article Victor Stnger, a physicist, counters Sam Harris' claim that are wills are fully determined and so there can…

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March 9, 2013 by

Extract 7: Key terms in Sartre’s philosophy of freedom

SARTRE SUMMARY 1. EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE. "Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence." This means that what we do,…

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March 9, 2013 by

Article: BANK Everything you need

In this useful link Ted Honderish has brought togther every article you might need to investigate the free will debate from…

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March 9, 2013 by

Advanced Article: Compatibilism PF Strawson Freedom and Resentment

Compatibilism as a view that freedom and determinism can be reconciled has a long history dating back to Thimas Hobbes (leviathan)…

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March 9, 2013 by

Advanced Article:Hume’s compatibilism

In this brilliantly clear and well-argued article Paul Russell of the University of British Columbia considers the nature of Hume's compatibilism….

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November 24, 2012 by

EXTRACT 2 Caritas in veritate Business ethics and RC Church

Extract: Caritas and veritate – business ethics and Christian approaches 45. Striving to meet the deepest moral needs of the person…

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November 12, 2012 by

LISTEN TO Anthony Kenny on Aquinas

Click here for a discussion of Aquinas' ethics with Anthony Kenny. What was Aquinas' great contribution? What did Aquinas take from…

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November 12, 2012 by

Article: 6: Aristotle, Covey and Modern Virtues

In discussing those who tell us today how to achieve eudaimonia, the successful life, we  can start with Mary Midgley’s…

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October 25, 2012 by

Article: 2: Virtues and Business

Applying virtue ethics to business: The agent-based approach By: John Dobson,  reprinted with permission It can be argued that the presence…

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