December 8, 2008 by

Start Here: Introduction to Kant

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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December 8, 2008 by

Past Questions: Religious ethics

Religious Ethics Here are some past questions from the OCR board on religious ethics.  The section of the website deals with…

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November 18, 2008 by

JUST 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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November 17, 2008 by

Essay: Utilitarianism

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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November 1, 2008 by

Handout: Just War

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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October 31, 2008 by

Handout: Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics

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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October 28, 2008 by

Is slavery wrong?

Hadijatou Mani was sold into slavery at the age of 12 in the Niger, one of an estimated 40,000 people in…

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October 18, 2008 by

Handout: Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism © Peter Baron 2015 This handout is a much reduced summary of the detailed treatment of three forms of utilitarianism…

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October 17, 2008 by

Justice and Rights

Human Rights: making sense of conflicting views Introduction In a previous handout we examined the US constitution and did a practical…

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October 12, 2008 by

Extract 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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