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EXTRACT 8: Andrew Stephens Cornerstone Speech 1861
Andrew Stevens March 21st 1861 speech to the Confederate Parliament, Savannah, Georgia What does this speech illustrate about the weaknesses of…
Read MoreArticle: Morality -objective or cultural?
In this article by Jesse Prinz, an American academic, in the journal Philosophy Now, the issue of whether reltivism is true…
Read MoreExtract: Abortion And Embryo Research
Jonathan Glover explains the ethics of embryo research The impasse in the abortion debate partly results from all parties treating it…
Read MoreExtract 8: The Buddhist meaning of happiness
The Buddhist idea of happiness is radically different from western views, which tend to equate happiness with development of self or…
Read MoreIssues: IVF and Stem cells
IVF Issues At what point should pre-embryos/embryos be considered to have human rights? Is "creating", discarding, freezing, or manipulating them morally…
Read MoreExtract 9: Is truth relative? A Dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras
IS TRUTH RELATIVE? (A dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras) Protagoras: Truth is relative. It is only a matter of opinion. Socrates:…
Read MoreRoadmap Feelings
Treatise on Human Nature Book II Hume declares “reason is the slave of the passions”, meaning the only source of moral…
Read MoreExtract 1: RM Hare considers the principle of ends
Is Kantian ethics compatible with utilitarianism? Sorting Out Ethics R.M.Hare pages 153-5 RM Hare argues in this extract that much…
Read MoreExtract 5: Paul Ramsey on love and justice
Joseph Fletcher quotes Paul Ramsey's Basic Christian Ethics in a number of places, calling it " a brilliant exposition of the…
Read MoreExtract 4: The Grand Inquisitor
Joseph Fletcher mentions the Grand Inquisitor in his book Situation Ethics. "It is Ivan's story to Alyosha about the terrible burden…
Read MorePractise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
