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Suggested Reading – Matthew 19:23-26
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of…
Read MoreExtract Julia Annas Theory of the Forms
source Chapter 9 The ‘Theory’ of Forms Knowledge, then, has Forms as objects, though nothing so far implies that knowledge is…
Read MoreExtract – Purpose of Plato’s Republic Julia Annas
source One very widespread way of interpreting the Republic is to see Plato as concerned mainly or exclusively with the task…
Read MoreExtract – David Hume Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
source David Hume sets up a conversation (dialogue/debate) between Demea, Philo and Cleanthes on the nature of the cosmological (first cause)…
Read MoreExtract – Sermon on the Mount
5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he…
Read MoreArticle – What is Christian Ethics
source What is Christian Ethics? By Ed Langerak, St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Christian morality consists of living one’s life…
Read MoreExtract – The Need for Reflection in Christian Ethics
source The naively mythical understanding of the place of God in ethical theory, which implies that the morally relevant function of…
Read MoreExtract – Catholic Catechism on Morality
Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS 1749 Freedom makes man a moral subject. When he acts deliberately, man is, so to…
Read MoreExtract – The Place of Reason in Christian Ethics
The specification states “Christian ethics must be a combination of biblical teaching, Church teaching and human reason”. The specification omits to mention…
Read MoreExtract – The Commands of Christ
Under ‘Knowledge” the specification states “Jesus’ only command was to love and that human reason must decide how best to apply this”. However…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
