October 25, 2012 by

Powerpoint: Introduction to Virtue Ethics

In another brilliant introductory lesson with powerpoint Andrew Capone takes us to the heart of Virtue Ethics using a clip from…

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October 13, 2012 by

Advanced Article: GE Moore

Published in G. E. Moore, Philosophical Studies, 1922. THE NATURE OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY G. E. Moore Note: Linkable paragraph numbers have…

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October 11, 2012 by

Advanced Article: Van Inwagen

Click here for a pdf version of libertarian Peter van Inwagen's classic explanation in 2008 of the nature of the free…

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October 11, 2012 by

Article: Kant’s compatibilism

Kant's compatibilism There are a number of well-known incompatibilist objections to the spontaneity argument. The first and most obvious is that…

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October 11, 2012 by

Article: Van Inwagen’s Libertarianism

Peter van Inwagen: Libertarianism and incompatibilism Peter Van Inwagen is a libertarian who believes that free will is incompatible with determinism….

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October 9, 2012 by

Article: Hume’s compatibilism

For a very full and detailed discussion of the nature of Hume's compatibilism click here. For an excellent discussion between a…

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October 9, 2012 by

Extract 6: The Language of Morals

R. M. Hare, The Language of Morals (1952) 4. DECISIONS OF PRINCIPLE 4. 1. There are two factors which may be involved…

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June 9, 2012 by

Summary: After Virtue

For a summary of MacIntyre’s entire book (1981, After Virtue) – which you can skim in a  few minutes, go to:…

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May 25, 2012 by

ADVANCED BOOK: Aristotle’s metaphysical bioiogy

In Tradition in the ethics of Aristotle and MacIntyre Christopher Luz explains what is menat by Arostotle’s metaphysical biology, and how…

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February 27, 2012 by

Past Questions: Virtue Ethics

June 2010 G582 Q3 "The weaknesses of Virtue Ethics outweighs its strengths".  Discuss June 2011 G582 Q3 To what extent is…

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