Taken from: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Allen W Wood (Yale University Press edition, 2002), Text, second section, pp 29–47. NOTE: This commentary (combined with the one on Aristotle) also covers the following aspect of the Edexcel syllabus: A comparison of the work of Immanuel Kant and Aristotle with regard to Deontology […]
NOTE 1: THIS ANTHOLOGY EXTRACT RELATES TO YOUR 4B CHRISTIANITY PAPER. THIS MEANS THAT YOU COULD BE ASKED TO COMMENT ON A SECTION FROM IT IN YOUR CHRISTIANITY EXAMINATION. HOWEVER, THE CONTENT ALSO RELATES TO SECTION 5.1 OF YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION SYLLABUS (‘CRITIQUES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF’), ESPECIALLY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ‘THE EXTREME IMPROBABILITY OF
This should hopefully save you from having to wade through the 20 page summary in one of the older Edexcel textbooks In an important survey article on developments in philosophical theology and the philosophy of religion, Merold Westphal notes how different philosophers have tried to distinguish the ‘kernel’ or essence of religion from the ‘husk’
Views about life and death across a range of religious traditions.
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Natural Law is an example of a deontological, absolutist ethical theory. Its origins can be traced back to Greek philosophy, specifically that of Aristotle and the Stoics. Aristotle was concerned with the telos or purpose of human existence and thought that it was to achieve eudaimonia – a state of maximal human flourishing which is
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Very basic summary of Kantian Ethics
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Kantian Ethics.
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