October 28, 2014 by

CASE STUDY Nicholas Winton and the virtues

In late 1938, a British stockbroker named Nicholas Winton used his holiday to take a trip to Prague after a friend…

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October 23, 2014 by

Extract 11: The Tragedy of the Commons Garrett Hardin

Tragedy of Freedom in a Commons Garrett Hardin © Science 1968 Vol 13 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/162/3859/1243.full The rebuttal to the invisible hand in population…

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October 23, 2014 by

Extract 10: Evolutionary Ethics John Baird Callicott

The evolutionary origin of ethics  John Baird Callicott (in Jamieson ed A Companion to Environmental Philosophy pages 206-7) source: http://hettingern.people.cofc.edu/Environmental_Philosophy_Sp_09/Callicott_The_Land_Ethic.pdf The…

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October 17, 2014 by

Extract 9: A reconciliation between Anthropocentric & Non-anthropocentric Theories James Sterba

http://ocw.capilanou.ca/philosophy/phil-208-environmental-ethics/non-anthropocentric.htm Sterba attempts a kind of reconciliation between anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric environmental ethics. His main point is that the most plausible…

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October 1, 2014 by

Guidelines: Right to a Child

Guidelines Right to a Child The concept ‘right to child’ can be poorly handled by students. Part of this is because…

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September 22, 2014 by

Reasons to use this site are twelve!

This week I am unashamedly advocating why you should use PI for your studies to help you get an A grade…

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September 10, 2014 by

Guidelines: Meta-ethics essay

Critically assess the view that the word ‘good’ has no real meaning. OCR G582 June 2013 Q3 My comments prefaced by…

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September 10, 2014 by

2014 WINNING Essay:

Is existentialism a beneficial concept for society?   Susie Triffitt, Woldingham School Abstract: Existentialism is a complex theory that is addressed…

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September 9, 2014 by

Essay Guidelines: Virtue and emulation

GUIDELINES In this section I consider carefully, and comment on,  the examiner’s report and mark scheme for a January 2013 question…

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August 28, 2014 by

EXTRACT 8 Legitimate War a Catholic View

Legitimate War Source: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of The Church © 500. A war of aggression is intrinsically immoral. In the tragic…

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