October 15, 2010 by

Essay: Virtue Ethics v deontology

Character-based ethics is more useful in making moral decisions that rule-based ethics. Discuss – 35 marks Comments on this essay, written…

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September 15, 2010 by

Powerpoint: Emotivism

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August 11, 2010 by

Film: clips – Kant

These are some film clips I have found useful in raising issues around Kant’s view of ethics. Please email any further…

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August 4, 2010 by

Weblinks – conscience

For an introductory lesson, listen to a lecture about Abu Ghraib prison and how good people “turn evil”: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html Combibe this with  some…

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July 31, 2010 by

Introduction & Issues – Start Here

Meta-ethics Meta-ethics means “beyond ethics”, in other words, rather than asking whether an action is good or bad (normative ethics), meta-ethics…

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July 20, 2010 by

Start Here: – Virtue ethics

In this section we begin by exploring Aristotle’s theory of Virtue Ethics, contained in Eudemian Ethics and Nichomachean Ethics, before examining…

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July 20, 2010 by

Weblinks and reading

For six excellent games to recap or revise based on ContentGenerator go to: http://www.rsrevision.com/games/alevel/humangeneticengineering.htm

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July 18, 2010 by

Extracts 1- 4: Virtue Ethics

These four extracts have been selected to illustrate different aspects of Virtue Ethics.  They relate to sections of Ethics – an…

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July 15, 2010 by

Film: Index for Utilitarianism

Next (2007) There’s a nuclear bomb somewhere in LA and Nicholas Cage’s character is the only person who can help. He…

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July 14, 2010 by

Weblinks and reading – virtue ethics

WEBLINKS – Virtue Ethics These hyperlinks allow you to research around the world at the touch of a button, and many…

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