November 2, 2011 by

Handout: David Hume’s Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument

How does Hume criticise The Cosmological Argument? The handout below was written out of frustration. I have been frustrated at the…

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October 26, 2011 by

A Point of Note on Justification (Extract from Campbell and Wilkinson)

There has been much trash written about justification by a number of students and text books alike. It is a plays…

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October 26, 2011 by

Powerpoints: Goodness Of God & Problems

The resources below have been kindly donated.  Please feel free to use them.  If you think you have some resources that…

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October 26, 2011 by

Powerpoint: God as Creator

The resource below has been kindly donated by Stuart Bowman of Durham Johnstone School. Please feel free to use it.  Concept…

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October 26, 2011 by

Extract 1: Creatio Ex Nihilo

Creatio Ex Nihilo – Latin: ‘Creation out of nothing.’ In classical thought, Christianity alone, or more precisely, the Judeo-Christian tradition, knows…

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October 16, 2011 by

Powerpoint: Kant’s Ethical Project

In this fine, highly detailed powerpoint Dr Stephen Loxton takes us through the logic of Kantian ethics, and his aim to…

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October 14, 2011 by

Extract 9: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Click here for a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). This can be related to the Natural rights…

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October 14, 2011 by

Handout: Extracts from After Virtue

I am grateful to Stephen Loxton of Sherborne School for Girls for this summary of key points from After Virtue. A…

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October 11, 2011 by

Natural Law

  Natural is an ambiguous word: the state of nature, red in tooth and claw, can seem, in the words of…

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October 9, 2011 by

Article: William Frankena on Relativism

RELATIVISM The whole text of William Frankena's brilliant book on ethics is available online – click here. Against any such view…

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