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So much for happiness?
Now – many of you will have heard me deride the notion that happiness is the goal of all life, especially moral decisions. Maybe I have overstated this at times – but a piece HERE takes issue with the slew…
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Religion, Philosophy & Ethics
Welcome to the course blog for Religion, Philosophy & Ethics at University of Gloucestershire.
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King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon – visit
Well – another visit. This time to historic (and busy) Stratford, to see one of our graduates who is now a teacher at the King Edward VI School – known to some as Shakespeare’s school… I was there to talk…
Evil Stalks the West (Midlands): Cadbury College Visit
Well – today was a day of evil.. I went to Cadbury College where I did three sessions with AS groups – all on the Problem of Evil. See more on Evil at and also on the ‘Irenaean theodicy’…
Philosophy & Ethics Reading Group
Our next reading will be Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. We will discuss this at our next two meetings so will break it into the two volumes. It can be found in various places online but it is probably much better to…
Upcoming Events: Islam and the Veil Conference, Islam and Nietzsche Paper
Just to let people know on Tuesday 29th April 2008, the University of Gloucestershire is hosting a conference on Islam and the Veil. Contact Patricia Downes [email protected] for details. Or click HERE for the brochure. The programme includes the following…
Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
Readers of this blog may be interested in the FREE online, e-learning courses at The blurb there says, about the Open Learning Initiative Through the OLI project, Carnegie Mellon is working to help the World Wide Web make good…
Queen Elizabeth’s Mercian School Visit – Ethics..
Last friday [29th Feb] I headed up the delightful M5 and M42 to Queen Elizabeth’s Mercian School to talk to Years 11, 12 and 13 (in varying quantities) about various things. We began with arguments for the existence of God…
Turkey to revise Islamic texts
Turkey’s Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara to revise the Islamic texts known as hadith. The hadith, which are thousands in number, are considered to be the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and second…
Halesowen College Visit
Well, despite the excitment and chaos of a minor earthquake (which don’t phase those of us who sleep through them – see previous earthquake entry..), I made it to Halesowen College today to talk about various exciting things: thanks for…