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Ethics
Weblinks – abortion
WEBLINKS – abortion The index of hyperlinks on abortion from San Diego University, Lawrence Hinman, has a wealth of research material….
Read MoreExtract 5: Verdict of history – David Newsome on the legacy of Utilitarianism
Paradoxes of the Utilitarian position The historian David Newsome explains the legacy, and the paradoxes, of the Utilitarian position – still…
Read MoreWeblinks and reading
Reading: Dialogue 6 (April 1996) has a very useful overview by Rob Cook entitled Determinism and Free Will (back copies are available…
Read MoreEthics Reading
This is a list of the best books I’ve found on ethics – of a more accessible kind. I haven’t included…
Read MoreExtract: The selection at Auschwitz – Primo Levi
Primo Levi (1910-1987) was taken to Auschwitz in 1943 after joining the Italian partisans and being betrayed. One day whilst recovering in the…
Read MoreExtract 1: Spartan culture
Ronald Stark Sociology of Religion Spartan culture valued strength and courage above other virtues, so it was natural to them to…
Read MoreAPPLY Kant to any issue
In the OCR specification we are required to apply Kant to issues surrounding business ethics (globalisation, stakeholder interests, whistleblowing, care of…
Read MoreExtract 3: Daniel Jacobson’s multilevel defence of utilitarianism
Daniel Jacobson defines the multilevel approach like this: Multilevel theories distinguish between an intuitive and a critical level of moral thinking….
Read MoreExtract 4: The Happy Warrior – Wordsworth
Wordsworth's The Happy Warrior as an alternative concept of happiness. Martha Nussbaum argues that Wordsworth's The Character of the Happy Warrior…
Read MoreStart Here: Relativism
Relativism is normally encountered early in the course, in order to contrast it with absolutism. This is not without its problems!…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
