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Extract 10: James Rachels why friendliness is a natural law principle
Extract: James Rachels Friendliness and Natural Law Elements of Moral Philosophy (McGraw-Hill 1993:50) By linking goodness to natural purpose (something which is…
Read MoreExtract Divine Command The Chicago satement on Biblical Inerrancy
The Chicago Statementon Biblical Inerrancy NOTE: This was the statement that launched the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy,…
Read MoreHandout: Abortion and Ethical Theories
The Moral Status of the Foetus: Philosophical Investigations into the Abortion issue The Nature of the Problem Click here for the…
Read MoreExtract 2: Humanae Vitae 1968
Humanae Vitae 1968 Pius VI Interpreting the Moral Law 4. This kind of question requires from the teaching authority of the…
Read MoreStart Here: Natural Law and the website
Start here: Natural Law Theory In its classical Greek form, Natural Law is the opposite of moral relativism – the view…
Read MoreExtract Thoreau on conscience
Extract: Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 62) On the Duty of Civil Disobedience The practical reason why a majority is…
Read MoreExtract 2: Bernard Williams on Kant
Williams on Kant – a discussion by Martha Nusbaum Boston Review Oct/Nov 2003 Kantianism, as Williams understood it, was a theory…
Read MoreExtract Aquinas on conscience
Aquinas on conscience (ST I, 79) Synderesis is a characteristic disposition rather than a power….as nature needs to implant in us…
Read MoreExtract Freud on conscience
Freud’s Theory of the Unconscious From The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Freud’s theory of the unconscious, then, is highly deterministic,…
Read MoreHandout: Three theories of conscience
Questioning Conscience A study of conscience crosses over between psychology and philosophy, because it raises questions about the origins and purpose…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
