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Ethics
Extract 7: Aristotle’s Idea of the Soul
source Aristotle expands his notion of happiness through an analysis of the human soul which structures and animates a living human…
Read MoreExtract 5: The Meaning of Phronesis
source Practical wisdom (Greek phronesis; sometimes translated ‘prudence’), says Aristotle, is ‘a reasoned capacity to act with regard to the things…
Read MoreRoadmap: Virtue Ethics
Aristotelean virtue ethics is different from MacIntyre’s in at least three ways. Aristotle starts with an idea of the soul –…
Read MoreUtilitarianism Roadmap: Structure of Thought
Utilitarianism is an empirical philosophy (requiring a calculation) derived from the idea that pleasure or happiness is the one intrinsic good….
Read MoreExtract 8: Euthanasia – a personal reflection against
source: Church of England Christopher Jones wrote this reflection on 30th November 2011, less than six months before his death, aged…
Read MoreRoadmap: Kant’s Structure of Thought
Kantian ethics divides into two sets of ideas – or pairs of opposites. The key to understanding Kant is to try…
Read MoreEssay Guidelines: Environmental Ethics
To what extent are religious teachings on the environment and the Gaia hypothesis compatible? [35] OCR June 2013 Q1 This was…
Read MoreSelf-test: Questions on Aristotle
Scroll to the bottom of this page and you’ll find 33 self-test exercises on Aristotle. http://www.harryhiker.com/ms/arist-00.htm
Read MoreActivity: Strengths and Weaknesses – Fill in the boxes
Activity: Fill in your own ideas in the blank spaces – with three strengths and three weaknesses Rigidity Kant gave the example…
Read MoreExtract 12: The Four Laws of Aquinas by Richard Jacobs
source NATURAL LAW THEORY “…there is in nature a common principle of the just and unjust that all people in some…
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