February 4, 2012 by

Extract 8: The story of the Land

Our understanding of Earth, and our place in it, underlies and explains much of what we do in everyday life. Practical…

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January 31, 2012 by

Extract 7: Land Ethic of Aldo Leopold

Source: http://www.aldoleopold.org/about/LandEthic.pdf For an excellent article reviewing Aldo Leopold’s contribution to environmental ethics go to: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aldo_Leopold’s_Land_Ethic “All ethics so far evolved…

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January 19, 2012 by

Essay: Critically Assess Descartes’ View of the Soul

Critically assess Descartes’ view of the soul (35 marks) Although, technically, Descartes is not on the specification as a named philosopher,…

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December 3, 2011 by

Article: Evaluating Pacifism – Brian Orend

In this extract from Brian Orend’s book The Morality of War (Chapter 9) the author considers the arguments for Pacifism.  the…

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November 29, 2011 by

Advanced Article:Prescriptivism, Philippa Foot and Richard Hare

In this interactive article Dr Stephen Loxton discusses Philippa Foot’s criticisms of Hare’s prescriptivism.  Foot was an ethical naturalist who in…

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November 29, 2011 by

Advanced Article: Business ethics and the environment (Schumacher)

business__environmental_ethics__-_e_f_schumacher_s_is_b1 PDF

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November 17, 2011 by

Past Questions: Abortion

Jan 2010 (new spec) a) Explain how the ethics of a religion you have studied might be aplplied to abortion. (25)…

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November 16, 2011 by

Extract 2: Locke’s analogy of the locked room

EXTRACT Locke Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XXI, Of Power Locke believes only the person is free (the agent)…

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November 16, 2011 by

CASE STUDIES Free Will

A2 Religious Ethics Freewill & Determinism Some Case Studies.   Case Studies 1-3 all, in various ways, can be used to…

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November 2, 2011 by

Handout: Prime Mover vs. God of the Bible

Is Aristotle’s Prime Mover Transcendent or Immanent? The question of whether Aristotle’s prime mover is transcendent or immanent is an interesting…

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