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Video Euthanasia – is there a religious case for assisted dying?
Dr Jonathan Romain argues so – and cites Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a supporter. Source This supposedly monolithic religious opposition has…
Read MoreFoundation Extract: Kant in his own words – Duty
Commentary on the preface to the Metaphysics of Morals – Tristan Stone PREFACE “Everyone must admit that a law, if it…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Aquinas’ version of Natural Law
Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of Natural Law source 3.1 Basic image to explain Natural Law By way of beginning I shall use…
Read MoreA Just War?
Just War? Archbishop Justin Welby argued that Syrian airstrikes fulfil Just War criteria. I beg to disagree; yet the problem may…
Read MoreSummary: Rawls’ Two Concepts of Rules
source Rawls, “Two Concepts of Rules” Act-Utilitarianism: An act is wrong if and only if it would fail to produce as…
Read MoreSummary: Singer – Is Act Utilitarianism Self-defeating?
source Singer, “Is Act-Utilitarianism Self-Defeating?” Act-Utilitarianism (AU): An act is right if an only if it would have the best consequences,…
Read MoreSummary: Williams’ Critique of Utilitarianism
source Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism” First, some preliminaries: It’s important to be clear about what views Williams’ argument, and the…
Read MoreSummary: Philippa Foot on Relativism
source Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?” A. What is moral relativism (MR) and what does it entail? Foot begins by assessing…
Read MoreSummary: Gilbert Harman on Relativism
source Harman, “What Is Moral Relativism?” Three Kinds of Moral Relativism Normative Moral Relativism: Different people, as agents, can be subject…
Read MoreSummary: The Divine Command Theory of Ethics
source Divine Command Theory (DCT) of ethics holds that an act is either moral or immoral solely because God either commands…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
