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Article 2: What is Philosophy?
James Gray is an American philosophy blogger who has written some very clear introductions to several major issues. Here is his…
Read MoreArticle: 1 What is intrinsic value?
James Gray is a very clear writer who has helpfully explained in very simple language what is meant by intrinsic goodness….
Read MoreArticle: Three approaches to the free will debate
Here is possibly the clearest explanation of the free will/determinism debate I have ever read. If you use Robert Bowie, you…
Read MoreExtract 7: Mill on the importance of character
Mill was deeply influenced by Aristotle. It could be argued that Mill’s definition of happiness, which embraces goals, expectations and activity,…
Read MoreExtract 5: Caritas in Veritate (Love and Truth) 2009
The Roman Catholic Church has generally taken an anthropocentric (man-centred) view of environmental issues – arguing it is important as an…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Aristotle v MacIntyre
MacIntyre’s Virtue Ethics was first expressed in his book After Virtue which sought to rehabilitate Aristotelean Virtue Theory in the light…
Read MoreArticle: 3 Is it impossible to apply the virtues?
In this short extract from the Stanford Encyclopaedia a leading modern virtue theorist, Rosalind Hursthouse, considers the criticism (mentioned by Louis…
Read MoreArticle: Embryonic stem cells
This extract from the independent discusses a recent ruling that patents on embryonic stem cell research are immoral and illegal. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ruling-on-stemcell-patents-may-spell-end-of-research-in-europe-2275771.html…
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