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
Read MoreFULL 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
Read MoreEXERCISE: 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…
Read MoreAdvanced 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.
Read MoreEXTRACT 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…
Read MoreGuidelines: OCR Compatibilism essay
Q2 “Critically assess the view that free will and determinism are compatible”. G582 OCR Jan 2012 Below you will find the…
Read MoreEXTRACT 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 MoreExtract 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…
Read MoreExtract 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…
Read MoreSARTRE 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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