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…
Read MoreExtract 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…
Read MoreEssay: 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,…
Read MoreArticle: 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…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Business ethics and the environment (Schumacher)
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Read MorePast Questions: Abortion
Jan 2010 (new spec) a) Explain how the ethics of a religion you have studied might be aplplied to abortion. (25)…
Read MoreExtract 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)…
Read MoreCASE STUDIES Free Will
A2 Religious Ethics Freewill & Determinism Some Case Studies. Case Studies 1-3 all, in various ways, can be used to…
Read MoreHandout: 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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