EXTRACT 8 Legitimate War a Catholic View
Legitimate War Source: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of The Church © 500. A war of aggression is intrinsically immoral. In the tragic…
Read MoreEssay: Natural Law and Abortion
a. Explain how a follower of Natural Law Theory might approach the issues surrounding abortion (25) b ‘Natural Law has no…
Read More2.4 Abortion and punishment of women
Janet Radcliffe Richards abortion and punishment http://www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/al7.php As already stated, most views against abortion base their position from the value theyplace…
Read MoreUPDATE GE in 2013-15
UPDATE: GE in 2015 In this new series, I regularly update the applied ethical issues, creating hyperlinks to newspaper articles that…
Read MoreGuidelines: Teleological/deontological questions
a) Explain the differences between deontological and teleological approaches to ethical decision making. June 2012 Q4 (25 marks) In this series…
Read MoreArticle: The Puzzle of Relativism
The Puzzle of Relativism I wrote this article for Dialogue Magazine (Spring 2011). In it I explain that relativism has three…
Read MoreArticle: Ethical issues in Genetic Modification
In this Faraday paper John Bryant explores the ethcial issues underlying geentic modification. http://www.faraday.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/resources/Faraday%20Papers/Faraday%20Paper%207%20Bryant_EN.pdf
Read MoreFULL TEXT Situation Ethics
The full text of Joseph Fletcher's classic work is available as a google book. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Y4759nkMFq0C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=situation+ethics+and+existentialism&source=bl&ots=leKW8Sb5cK&sig=O1lqduzdsnEScc476zUtJeOZ74s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-TRwUpVrhMrRBfP2gbgK&ved=0CGoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=situation%20ethics%20and%20existentialism&f=false
Read MoreEXERCISE: Alton’s Oxford Debate
David Alton is a well-known opponent of euthanasia. Here is the text of his speech at the Oxford Union, opposing the…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Grisez on Natural Law and Wisdom
Click here for a detailed examination of the role of practical wisdom in natural law theory, by Germaine Grisez.
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