November 3, 2015 by

Extract 8: Euthanasia – a personal reflection against

source: Church of England Christopher Jones wrote this reflection on 30th November 2011, less than six months before his death, aged…

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November 3, 2015 by

Roadmap: Kant’s Structure of Thought

Kantian ethics divides into two sets of ideas – or pairs of opposites. The key to understanding Kant is to try…

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October 16, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Design v evolution

Is the world evidence of some creative mind giving it purpose, or is there an essential randonmness to the way things…

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October 16, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Creation v Big Bang

Can these two views of the origins of the Universe be reconciled? Creation and the big bang from Peped

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October 16, 2015 by

Powerpoint: Science v Religion

Andrew Capone explores the relationship between Science and Religion and asks – need there be a conflict?   Science vs religion…

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October 15, 2015 by

Essay Guidelines: Environmental Ethics

To what extent are religious teachings on the environment and the Gaia hypothesis compatible? [35] OCR June 2013 Q1 This was…

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October 15, 2015 by

Harry Gensler’s Teachers’ Manual

There are many ideas on how to teach ethics here, even if you don’t use `Harry Gensler’s more advanced textbook on…

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October 15, 2015 by

Self-test: Questions on Aristotle

Scroll to the bottom of this page and you’ll find 33 self-test exercises on Aristotle. http://www.harryhiker.com/ms/arist-00.htm

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October 14, 2015 by

Activity: Strengths and Weaknesses – Fill in the boxes

Activity: Fill in your own ideas in the blank spaces – with three strengths and three weaknesses Rigidity Kant gave the example…

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October 14, 2015 by

Extract 12: The Four Laws of Aquinas by Richard Jacobs

source NATURAL LAW THEORY “…there is in nature a common principle of the just and unjust that all people in some…

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