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Ethics
Extract 6: Debate Hume with Locke
A dialogue with Locke on freedom of the will : Hume, An Essay concerning Human Understanding Locke: ‘so far as a…
Read MoreDebate: Hobbes v Kant
Hobbes (1588-1679) Kant (1724 -1804) Compatibilist Libertarian Free will compatible with determinism. Free will incompatible with determinism….
Read MoreFilm: Truman Show, Matrix, Minority Report
Film Clips Here are three films which can be directly related to three philosphical positions. The Truman Show allows us to…
Read MoreExtract 1: Brave New World and soma
David Pearce reviews Brave New World on www.huxley .net J.J. Smart produces the example of a pleasure machine in his book…
Read MorePowerpoint: Aristotle on Virtue
Study Aristotelean virtue ethics and consider whether the golden mean is a practical way of discerning moral goodness. This powerpoint can…
Read MoreStrengths And Weaknesses: Kant
Clarity Kant’s categorical imperative generates absolute rules, with no exceptions, which are easy to follow. Kant argued that rational beings…
Read MoreArticle: 5: Virtue and Thomas Aquinas
MEANING OF VIRTUE IN THOMAS AQUINAS by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. In this article a catholic theologian examines the relationship…
Read MoreORIGINAL TEXT Summa Theologica Article 94
Aquinas’ Summa Theologica is written as a dialogue, where he answers objections from an imaginary protagonist (the Socratic Method). The key…
Read MoreEXAMPLE Pamela Weston’s final letter
From The Times, September 20, 2009 Pamela Weston explains her assisted suicide Personal account of her reasons for deciding to die…
Read MoreOCR A2 Exam syllabus 2009
3.11 G582: A2 Religious Ethics Ethical Topics and Theories: Meta-ethics Meta-ethics Candidates should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:•…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
