Philosophy & Religious Studies
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, 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) 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 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

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

Utilitarianism is the belief that the right action is the one that maximises happiness. The philosophy theory has its origins in the hedonism of Aristippus and Epicurus, though reached its most well-known form in the writings of Jeremy Bentham and...
5 lectures
0:47:58
Dr Claire Benn
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Classics & Ancient History
Philosophy & Religious Studies

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
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Adrian Moore (University of Oxford) explores Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals through eight key questions. In particular, we think about the fundamental difference between the three main strands of moral...
8 lectures
0:57:32
Prof. Adrian Moore
University of Oxford
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