April 3, 2018 by

EXTRACT 4 Milton Friedman and Adam Smith

source Although Friedman does claim that managers ought to strive to maximize profits for shareholders, he also maintains that doing so…

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March 27, 2018 by

List of Possible Questions for 2018 – Christian Thought

Christian Thought GCE H573/3 Augustine Assess the view that Augustine’s teaching on human nature is too pessimistic Critically assess the view…

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March 27, 2018 by

List of Possible Questions for 2018 – Ethics

Possible Exam Questions H573/2 GCE Ethics Natural Law “Natural Law does not present a helpful method for making moral decisions”. Discuss…

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March 27, 2018 by

List of Possible Questions for 2018 – Philosophy of Religion

Possible Exam Questions – Philosophy of Religion GCE H573/1 2018 Answer three questions in two hours. Plato – the Cave/Forms Critically…

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March 21, 2018 by

Handout – Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor, a Canadian Academic, won the Templeton prize for his book The Secular Age (Harvard, 2007). Here is a summary,…

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March 17, 2018 by

Activity – Write a Reply to Gordon Brown’s Letter

source In 2010 Gordon Brown’s Labour Government issued guidelines (the Starmer guidelines) for prosecutors in cases of assisted dying. Here is…

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March 13, 2018 by

Extract: Conversion of St Paul in Acts 9, 22 and 26

The following extracts from the book of acts are referenced in the specification – being familiar with them will help in…

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March 13, 2018 by

Structure of Thought – Aristotle

Aristotle differed from Plato in his belief that knowledge can only be ascertained ‘a posteriori’ (from experience). This informed his distinction…

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March 13, 2018 by

Structure of Thought – Freud

Freud understands Conscience as created out of childhood conditioning and experience. He describes it as the interplay between our primordial id,…

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March 13, 2018 by

Structure of Thought – Aquinas

For Aquinas, Conscience ‘bears witness, morally obliges or stirs to action, and accuses or disquiets or reproves.’ It is an act,…

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