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START HERE: Kant and the website All material in this section is fully integrated so you should be able to move…
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Religious Ethics Here are some past questions from the OCR board on religious ethics. The section of the website deals with…
Read MoreJUST WAR CRITERIA: a summary
The Criteria for a Just War Old Testament: “At the same time we captured and destroyed every town and put everyone…
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a. Distinguish between the Utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill This essay was written by an AS candidate in the Old Spec…
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Just War Theory and Holy War “War has presented the twentieth century with perhaps its most crucial moral problem”Robin Gill (1985:257)…
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ARISTOTLE: CHARACTER AS THE BASIS FOR ETHICS “To do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right…
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Hadijatou Mani was sold into slavery at the age of 12 in the Niger, one of an estimated 40,000 people in…
Read MoreHandout: Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism © Peter Baron 2015 This handout is a much reduced summary of the detailed treatment of three forms of utilitarianism…
Read MoreJustice and Rights
Human Rights: making sense of conflicting views Introduction In a previous handout we examined the US constitution and did a practical…
Read MoreExtract 1: Dawkins and determinism
Is Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene) a determinist? Note: this article is based on the Channel 4 programme broadcast with Richard…
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