Extract: Duns Scotus – a Divine Command theory of Natural law
source For Duns Scotus the natural law in the strict sense contains only those moral propositions that are per se notae…
Read MoreCase Study: IVF Treatment
source Film-maker and novelist Rebecca Frayn, now 49, of west London, and husband Andy Harries, a TV executive and producer, spent…
Read MoreWORKBOOK: Genetic Engineering
WORKBOOK: Genetic Engineering In this section we apply the ethical principles of Natural law, Kantian and Utilitarian Ethics to four case…
Read MoreCase Study: Right to a Child
source Bill and Susan McNamara have huge reproductive problems.3 Bill has an extremely low sperm count, and Susan is allergic to…
Read MoreExtract 7: A Christian Perspective on the Perfect Human Being (Eugenics)
source Positive Eugenics – is it even an Issue? Much has been made in science fiction, notably in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave…
Read MoreRoadmap: Religious Language
Read MoreRoadmap: Natural Law (Aquinas)
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Read MoreExtract: Agape
Fletcher maintains that the law for Christians is love, more specifically, agape. He says, “Agape is giving love–non-reciprocal, neighbor regarding–‘neighbor’ meaning…
Read MoreRoadmap: Aristotelean Virtue Ethics
Read MoreTest Yourself: Quotes and Questions
“Sometimes you’ve gotta put your principles to one side and do the right thing” “As we shall see, Christian situation ethics…
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