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…
Read MoreExtract 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…
Read MoreExtract 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…
Read MoreExtract 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…
Read MoreGuidelines: 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…
Read MoreReasons 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…
Read More2014 WINNING Essay:
Is existentialism a beneficial concept for society? Susie Triffitt, Woldingham School Abstract: Existentialism is a complex theory that is addressed…
Read MoreEssay 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…
Read MoreEXTRACT 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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