December 13, 2013 by

Article: 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

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October 29, 2013 by

FULL 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

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October 29, 2013 by

EXERCISE: 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…

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October 29, 2013 by

Advanced 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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October 28, 2013 by

EXTRACT 8: Brian Magee Terror of Determinism

‘The more I thought about time and space, the more the problems proliferated. One thing that came to puzzle me very…

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October 18, 2013 by

Guidelines: OCR Compatibilism essay

Q2 “Critically assess the view that free will and determinism are compatible”. G582 OCR Jan 2012 Below you will find the…

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September 30, 2013 by

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…

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September 19, 2013 by

Extract 2: Morality as seriousness Mary Midgely

In Mary Midgely's Heart and Mind chapter 9, she agrees with Philippa Foot that morality is defined by its seriousness, and…

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March 25, 2013 by

Extract 9: Honderich and Free Will

Free Will: The Scandal in Philosophy by Bob Doyle. I found this source recently available from the informationphilosopher website, and I…

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March 23, 2013 by

SARTRE in twenty steps

SARTRE SUMMARY source: sonoma.edu 1. EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE. “Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence.” This means that what we…

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