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Can we afford to help?

Can we afford to help?

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Can the UK afford to help the refugees coming to Europe from Syria and other countries in the Middle East? Or would this strain the resources of the country? James…
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Is the City of Sanctuary movement undemocratic?

Is the City of Sanctuary movement undemocratic?

From Tom Foster

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The aim of the City of Sanctuary movement is to foster a culture of hospitality for people seeking safety in the United Kingdom, especially refugees fleeing war,…
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Becoming Like God: Plato on Ethical Ascent

Becoming Like God: Plato on Ethical Ascent

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Professor Angie Hobbs gave the first talk in our new series of interdisciplinary talks 'God and the Good: Thinking Religion and Ethics' on 11th October 2016 at…
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Lecture 11 - Gilligan's ethics of care

Lecture 11 - Gilligan's ethics of care

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The ethics of care - Carol Gilligan and Lawrence Kohlberg.
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Lecture 10 - Nietzsche and Rawls's Theory of…

Lecture 10 - Nietzsche and Rawls's Theory of Justice

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Further examination of the Eternal Recurrence, and the 20th century's most important political philosopher, John Rawls
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Lecture 9 - Nietzsche 1

Lecture 9 - Nietzsche 1

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An overview of Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy, The Transvaluation of All Values. and the Eternal Recurrence.
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Lecture 8 - Bentham and Mill

Lecture 8 - Bentham and Mill

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More on Bentham, and Mill's revisions to Bentham's hedonic calculus.
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Lecture 7 - Bentham

Lecture 7 - Bentham

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Bentham's ethics - The foundation of Bentham’s ethics is what he takes to be the fact that all sentient creatures are attracted to pleasure and recoil from…
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Lecture 6 - Kant 3

Lecture 6 - Kant 3

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Further investigation of Kant
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Lecture 5 - Kant 2: The Categorical Imperative

Lecture 5 - Kant 2: The Categorical Imperative

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Kant's application of the Categorical Imperative is examined.
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Lecture 4 - Kant and Hume

Lecture 4 - Kant and Hume

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Going from the Ancient Greeks to the eighteenth century, this lecture starts to look at the work of Kant and Hume
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Lecture 3 - Plato and Aristotle

Lecture 3 - Plato and Aristotle

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Both Plato and Aristotle argue that human flourishing is not to be achieved through the acquisition of material wealth and worldly power. They base their arguments on…
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Lecture 2 - Thrasymachus

Lecture 2 - Thrasymachus

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Review of Callicles, and exploration of Thrasymachus' two main statements about justice.
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Lecture 1 - Introduction and Callicles

Lecture 1 - Introduction and Callicles

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Introduction to the module and discussion of Plato's character Callicles.
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Zeno: A Conclusion

Zeno: A Conclusion

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After considering all of the concepts in Zeno's paradoxes, Professor Angie Hobbs looks at them as a broader body of work and explores some key themes.
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Zeno Paradoxes: The Arrow

Zeno Paradoxes: The Arrow

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Professor Angie Hobbs moves on to describe The Arrow paradox, which is perhaps the most challenging of all Zeno's paradoxes.

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