Philosophy & Religious Studies
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Professor Victor Tadros (University of Warwick) explores the ethics of war. In the first module, we examine the goals of war and evaluate how difficult such goals are to justify. In the second module, we look at the principles of...
6 lectures
1:06:01
Professor Victor Tadros
Warwick University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Professor Simon Blackburn FBA (University of Cambridge) explores truth. In the first module, we consider the three main classical approaches to truth: correspondence, coherence and pragmatism. After that, in the second lecture we...
5 lectures
0:52:40
Professor Simon Blackburn
Cambridge University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Dr Daniel De Haan (University of Oxford) examines Aquinas’ ethics of natural law. In the first module, we situate Aquinas’ account of natural law within his overarching theological worldview. Then, we look at Aquinas’ four kinds of...
6 lectures
1:08:10
Dr Daniel De Haan
Oxford University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Dr Daniel De Haan (University of Oxford) explores St. Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine of conscience. In the first module we introduce Aquinas’ account of practical reason, and its relevance to the doctrine of conscience. After that, we...
5 lectures
0:51:31
Dr Daniel De Haan
Oxford University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) takes a look at sexual ethics. In the first module, we introduce the content of traditionalist sexual ethics, before moving on to arguments in favour of, and objections to traditionalism. In...
8 lectures
1:05:50
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of philosophy known as metaethics. In the first module, we provide an introduction to metaethics itself, including the difference between...
7 lectures
1:04:44
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Luke Elson (University of Reading) explores what it means to be a moral anti-realist. We begin in the first module by thinking about what moral anti-realism actually is. After that, in the second module, we outline four reasons...
8 lectures
0:52:58
Dr Luke Elson
Reading University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) thinks about utilitarianism, one of the three major normative ethical theories alongside Kantian deontological ethics and virtue ethics. In the first module, we introduce the concept of a...
7 lectures
1:12:12
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) thinks about Kantian deontological ethics, one of the three main normative ethical theories alongside utilitarianism and virtue ethics. We begin in the first module by introducing the ...
6 lectures
1:04:28
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor James Lenman (University of Sheffield) explores one of the key questions in meta-ethics: do objective moral reasons exist? After a brief discussion of what we mean when we talk about reasons, we spend the bulk of ...
5 lectures
0:58:25
Prof. James Lenman
Sheffield University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) thinks about virtue ethics, one of the three major normative ethical theories alongside utilitarianism and Kantian deontological ethics. We begin in the first module by providing a broad...
7 lectures
1:10:22
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Anthony Price (Birkbeck College, London) explores Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. In the first module, we explore the central concept of eudaimonia, or happiness, in Aristotle's ethics, before turning in the second module...
6 lectures
0:49:18
Prof. Anthony Price
Birkbeck College, London