Emotivism
There are two philosophers linked with this; Ayer and Stevenson. But before we look at either ot them, we have to look at the context....
Ethical Naturalism
Previously , You might have noticed that one of my first blog posts was on ethical naturalism. I have now got better notes for this that...
Evaluating predestination
Should Religious believers accept predestination? The extent to which God predestines humanity Predestination has been present in many...
Evaluating Hard Determinism
Philosophical determinism is illustrated most famously with the analogy given by Locke about the man in the room. He said that just as...
Evaluating Intuitionism
Intuitionism can be seen as the best way to understand moral language. It is good because it promotes moral realism and gives a strong...
Hard Determinism
Hard determinism derives from the observation that everything in the world happens as a result of cause and effect. Nothing happens that...
Soft Determinism and its implications
Soft determinism says that humans have freewill if their predestined will is not hindered. It still accepts, like hard determinism, that...
The usefulness of normative ethics
Normative ethics looks into why we should do certain acts to bring about good. Under these, come Divine Command theory and Act...
Soft Determinism
Soft Determinism is the middle ground between Hard Determinism and Libertarianism (the belief in absolute freewill) It is often called...
Religious Determinism
Augustine St Augustine was an early Christian theologian. He belonged to the Catholic church where he was very influential. His belief in...
