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Ethics
1.4 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…
Read More1.3 Felicific calculus
To understand Bentham's moral philosophy we need to grasp three things: first, he thought pleasure was the only intrinsic good, and…
Read More1.1 Bentham
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was a London based moral, political and legal philosopher. He was predominantly interested in a comprehensive reform of…
Read MoreArticle 3: A Defense of after birth abortion BMJ 1.3.12
This article by Alberto Guibilini and Francesca Minerva was published in the Journal of Medical Ethics in March 2012, and provoked…
Read MoreExtract 5: Catholic Church on Genetic Engineering
Catholicism and Genetic Science from Acta Apolosticae, Pope Pius XII (1952) Genetic testing, screening, genetic counselling, and gene patenting are emerging…
Read MoreExtract 1: Bishop Robinson Honest to God
In this extract from Honest to God (pages 119-121) we can see the similarities between Robinson’s views in Honest to God…
Read MoreRoadmap Duty and the good will
Source: Robert Louden, a virtue ethicist, considers the idea of the good will and the desires which are in tension with…
Read MoreRoadmap Desire
Source: Brad Hooker explains how the desires of our empirical human nature can never be the origin of moral actions, according to…
Read MoreRoadmap A Posteriori
The term a posteriori is used in philosophy to indicate inductive reasoning (from facts or observation to conclusion). The term is…
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Religious Studies Guides – 2020
