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Extract 10: Evolutionary Ethics John Baird Callicott
The evolutionary origin of ethics John Baird Callicott (in Jamieson ed A Companion to Environmental Philosophy pages 206-7) source: http://hettingern.people.cofc.edu/Environmental_Philosophy_Sp_09/Callicott_The_Land_Ethic.pdf The…
Read MoreExtract 9: A reconciliation between Anthropocentric & Non-anthropocentric Theories James Sterba
http://ocw.capilanou.ca/philosophy/phil-208-environmental-ethics/non-anthropocentric.htm Sterba attempts a kind of reconciliation between anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric environmental ethics. His main point is that the most plausible…
Read MoreEssay Guidelines: Virtue and emulation
GUIDELINES In this section I consider carefully, and comment on, the examiner’s report and mark scheme for a January 2013 question…
Read MoreEXTRACT 8: Brian Magee Terror of Determinism
‘The more I thought about time and space, the more the problems proliferated. One thing that came to puzzle me very…
Read MoreGuidelines: OCR Compatibilism essay
Q2 “Critically assess the view that free will and determinism are compatible”. G582 OCR Jan 2012 Below you will find the…
Read MoreExtract 9: Honderich and Free Will
Free Will: The Scandal in Philosophy by Bob Doyle. I found this source recently available from the informationphilosopher website, and I…
Read MoreSARTRE in twenty steps
SARTRE SUMMARY source: sonoma.edu 1. EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE. “Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence.” This means that what we…
Read MorePREDESTINATION Calvin and Aquinas
Predestination and Calvin’s TULIP It's called Calvin's TULIP because the five main points of Calvin's doctrine of predestination spell the…
Read MoreArticle: Theological Determinism William Rowe
In this extract from Wiliam Rowe’s classic textbook (Wadsworth 2001) he explains the relationship between foreknowledge, predestination and human freedom. Here…
Read MorePractise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
