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Roger Crisp on Utilitarianism (Philosophy Bites)
Click here for Roger Crisp’s excellent podcast on Bentham and Mill, explaining the hedonistic view of Bentham and Mill. Can we…
Read MoreIssues: Kant
If you can DARM Kant you can definitely get an A grade! 1. DERIVATION – How does Kant derive the idea…
Read MoreLISTEN TO Anthony Kenny on Aquinas
Click here to listen to Anthony Kenny consider the place of law in Aquinas' ethics (from 6 minutes in). Natural law…
Read MoreLISTEN TO Mary Warnock on right to a child
Click here for Mary Warnock on the question: does everyone (lesbians, gays, heterosexuals) have a right to a child? What gives…
Read MoreLISTEN TO Philosophy bites assisted dying
Click here to listen to Nigel Warburton discussing assisted dying with Revd Tom Tallis.
Read More2.1 John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a philosopher, social reformer, parliamentarian (Liberal MP from 1865-8), and campaigner for women's rights. He was also…
Read More2.2 Happiness
Mill begins Utiltarianism by making a case for hedonism (pleasure-seeking): "Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong…
Read More2.3 Qualitative pleasures
Mill accepted Bentham's idea that the greatest happiness principle is the basic statement of moral value: " Actions are right in…
Read More1.4 Equality and impartiality
Bentham held that there are advantages to a moral philosophy based on a principle of utility. To begin with, the principle…
Read More1.2 Pleasure
To understand Bentham's moral philosophy we need to grasp three things: first, he thought pleasure was the only intrinsic good, and…
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Religious Studies Guides – 2020
