Issues 41-60

Issue 41: November 2013

Beyond Stewardship? Biblical Texts and Environmental Ethics
Professor David G. Horrell, Director of the Centre for Biblical Studies, University of Exeter; Dr Anna Davis, Associate Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Exeter.

Aristotle and the Ethics of Character
Dr Brendan Sweetman, Professor of Philosophy, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, USA)

Fear and Trembling: Teaching the Problem of Evil
Nicky Hansell and Joe Jenkins (Ethics Online)

Kant and Christianity
Leslie Stevenson Honorary Reader in Philosophy, University of St. Andrews

Is Faith Rational?
Andy Waldron, Head of Philosophy, Sevenoaks School

Dilemmas involving Violence and Power
The Very Rev Dr Ian S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary, USA

Boethius and Paradox
Dr Josephine Gabelman, Teacher of Religious Studies, Eastbourne College

Miracles and Misconceptions
The Rev Dr Tim Hull, Lecturer in Theology, Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, St. John’s College, Nottingham

Issue 42: April 2014

Can natural law escape Aquinas?
Mel Thompson, freelance writer

Exam Preparation: Natural Law
Peter Baron, author and editor, www.philosophicalinvestigations.co.uk

Transforming Plato’s Cave: Faith and Reason Yesterday and Today
The Reverend Dr Tim Hull, Lecturer in Theology, Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, St John’s College, Nottingham.

Dignity: How much are you worth? Kant’s answer
Bob Bowie, Principal Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University.

Assisted Dying
Professor Lord Harries of Pentregarth

‘An Issue I Would Die For’: Using Socratic Dialogues to Think Philosophically
Dr John Chaffee, Professor of Philosophy, The City University of New York.

M/o/r/e at the Core: William James at the Root of Religion
Dr Paul J. Croce, Professor of History and American Studies, Stetson University.

Making Sense of Ethics
Professor Alastair V. Campbell, Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore.

Issue 43: November 2014

The Land Ethic a holistic, coherent and convincing environmental ethic
Dr David Mills Daniel, author and researcher

The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Ethics
The Reverend Duncan Dormor, Dean of St John’s College, Cambridge

Hume’s Problem and the Nature of Greed
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

Assisted Suicide
Baroness Mary Warnock

Postmodern Philosophy: Demonic or Divine?
The Reverend Dr Tim Hull, Lecturer in Theology, Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, St John’s College, Nottingham.

Is the God of the Philosophers really God?
Michael Wilcockson, Head of Philosophy, Eton College; Chief Examiner for A-level Religious Studies

Life after Death
Nicky Hansell, consultant, Ethics Online

Issue 44: April 2015

Issue 45: November 2015

Abortion and Personhood
Dr James H. Spence, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religion / Director, Institute for Ethics, Adrian College, Michigan, USA.

Is God Evil?
Dr Stephen Law, Lecturer in Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London.

Should We Worry About Hume’s ‘Is/Ought Gap’?
Dr David Mills Daniel, author and researcher.

Contending with God: Suffering and Faith in the Story of Job
The Revd Dr Sarah Bachelard, Honorary Fellow, Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue, Australian Catholic University.

Of what was Moses afraid? 
Rabbi Lord Professor Jonathan Sacks, Emeritus Professor of Law, Ethics and the Bible, King’s College, London.

Can We Trust Our Conscience?: Joseph Butler, John Henry Newman and the ‘Hotline View’ of Moral Epistemology
Dafydd E. Mills Daniel, D.Phil. candidate, Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford.

Navigating a way around Hume’s ‘Rock of Atheism’
Mike Tonks, Second Master, Shrewsbury School

Ethical Cognitivism and Non-cognitivism
Dr Kumar Viswanathan, Head of Religious Studies, Aldenham School

Issue 46: April 2016

Religious Experience Part 1: The Essential Starting Point
Mel Thompson, Writer, teacher and A-level examiner

Moral Reasoning
Marianne Talbot, Director of Studies in Philosophy, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford.

Is Religious Language Meaningful?
Megan Daniel, Teacher of Religious Studies, Bradford Grammar School; A-level Examiner.

Virtue Ethics: Aristotle and MacIntyre Compared
Peter Baron, author and editor, www.philosophicalinvestigations.co.uk

Two Dialogues about Same-sex Relationships
Dr David Mills Daniel, author and researcher.

Rawls and Nozick on Social Justice
Dr Michael Lacewing, Director of Research and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London.

Reason and the Moral Sense: Ethical Rationalism and Sentimentalism in the British Enlightenment
Dr Dafydd E. Mills Daniel, A-level Examiner.

Issue 47: November 2016

Aristotle and the Virtues of Virtue Ethics
Gerald Jones, Head of the Adult Learning Service, London Borough of Lewisham.

Joseph Fletcher’s Situation Ethics: Fifty Years
Professor Robin Gill, Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology, University of Kent; Editor of Theology.

All Change! The New AS and A Level Specifications in Religious Studies
Dennis Brown, Head of Religion and Philosophy, Manchester Grammar School.

Synderesis, Conscientia and the Practical Syllogism: Conscience and Natural Law in Thomas Aquinas
Dr Dafydd E. Mills Daniel, A-level Examiner.

To act or omit to act: the problem with euthanasia
Dr Bryan Greetham, author

Religious Experience Part 2: Can religious experience show that God does not exist? 
Dr Mel Thompson, author and A-level Examiner

The Ethical Intuitionism of G.E. Moore and W.D. Ross
Dr David Mills Daniel, author and researcher.

Issue 48: April 2017

Can salvation be found through all of the world’s religions? A discussion of John Hick’s pluralist theology
Libby Ahluwalia, author and A-level examiner.

Aristotle and the Vices of Virtue Ethics
Gerald Jones, Head of the Adult Learning Service, London Borough of Lewisham; A-level textbook writer.

The Ontological Argument – proof or apologia?
Esmond Lee, Head of Religious Studies, Trinity School, Croydon.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Theology of Leadership
Michael Wilcockson, Head of Philosophy, Eton College.

Is the Immortality of the Soul a Coherent Notion?
Megan Watkins, Teacher of Religious Studies, Bradford Grammar School.

Religious Diversity
Dr Chad Meister, Professor of Philosophy, Bethel College, USA.

Ethical Emotivism, Universal Prescriptivism and Ethical Descriptivism
Dr David Mills Daniel, author and researcher.

Issue 49: November 2017

Who was Jesus? A look at some recent findings in the quest for the historical Jesus
Dr Mark Vernon, wrier, broadcaster and journalist.

Getting the best A-level grades
Jon Mayled, A-level Principal Examiner.

‘Propositional plain reading’ or ‘spirit led analogous interpretation’? How revisionist interpretations of Acts 10-15 conclude same sex relationships can be holy.
Dr Robert A. Bowie, Faculty Director of National Institute for Christian Education Research, Canterbury Christ Church University.

Afterlife and the soul: are they plausible as well as logically possible?
Megan Watkins, Teacher of Religious Studies, Bradford Grammar School.

How Christ became God in an A level classroom
Nicky Hansell (Ethics Online)

Why students achieve or under-achieve in the Philosophy/Ethics examination process.
John Frye, A-level Principal Examiner.

Liberation Theology
Mark Coffey, Teacher of Religion and Philosophy, The Manchester Grammar School.

Issue 50: April 2018

Scepticism and Relativism in a Post-Truth World
Dr Mel Thompson, writer and educationalist

Christian Sources of Moral Authority
Dr Mark Vernon, writer, broadcaster and journalist.

The Problem of Suffering: Head Answers
The Very Reverend Ian Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Concept of God
Dr Peter Vardy, former Vice-Principal, Heythrop College, University of London.

Abortion: A New Approach
Noel Stewart, Head of Philosophy and Critical Thinking, Wyke Sixth Form College.

Why be Moral?
Dr David Mills Daniel, writer and educationalist.

The Epistemic Significance of Empathy for Ethics
Dr Adam Lerner, Postgraduate Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University.

Utilitarianism and Justice
Dr Michael Lacewing, Lecturer in Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London.

Issue 51: November 2018

• Creation, Humans, Animals, and the Environment:
  Understanding the Influence of Genesis 1–2
  Professor David G. Horrell (Professor of New Testament Studies and Director of the Centre for Biblical Studies, University of Exeter) and
  Dr Helen C. John (Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Exeter)
• Business Ethics – An Oxymoron?
  Adam Lawrence (Head of Theology and Philosophy, The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School)
• Does Conscience Matter?
  Professor Roger Trigg (Senior Research Fellow, The Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford)
• The War for Children’s Minds
  Dr Stephen Law (Head of the Department of Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London)
• Terrorism and the Age of Moral Anaesthesia
  Dr Bryan Greetham (Author – www.bryangreetham.org.uk)
• Anselm’s ‘single argument’ for God’s existence – the Ontological Proof
  Dr David Mills Daniel (Writer and Educationalist)
• God, truth and belief: Religious Language and the limits of reason
  Esmond Lee (Former Head of Religious Studies, Trinity School, Croydon)
• A Christian View of Human Nature
  Peter Baron (Author – www.peped.org/philosophicalinvestigations/)

Issue 52: April 2009

• Jesus: Champion of the Poor and Marginalised, and Challenger of the Elite.
  Professor Helen K. Bond, Professor of Christian Origins, University of Edinburgh.
• Religious Experience
  Jules Evans, practical philosopher and writer. www.philosophyforlife.org
• Theology of the Damned: A Brief History of Predestination
  Gareth Richards, Head of Philosophy and Theology, Hurstpierpoint College.
• Assimilating religious assertions to moral assertions: R.B. Braithwaite
  Dr David Mills Daniel, writer and educationalist.
• The Study of Religious and Spiritual Experience: Insight into a Challenging Research Area
  Professor Bettina E. Schmidt, Professor in Study of Religions and Anthropology of Religion, University of Wales Trinity St David; Director of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre.
• Reflections on Wittgenstein.
  Kicking away the stepladder: Philosophy as a way of life
  Esmond Lee, former Head of Religious Studies, Trinity School, Croydon.
• The Nature and Nurture of Jesus: Scripting Church and Society
  The Very Revd Professor Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.
• Can you be too impartial?
  Dr Julian Baggini, writer, speaker, consultant; Academic Director, Royal Institute of Philosophy. www.microphilosophy.net
• The Philosophy of Friendship
  Dr Mark Vernon, writer, broadcaster and journalist. www.markvernon.com

Issue 53: November 2019

Freud and Religious Belief
Libby Ahluwalia
Author, Oxford A-level Religious Studies for OCR

The Utilitarian Dilemma: Bentham, Mill and the Trolley Problem
Peter Baron, Education Director of Academy Conferences

The Principle of Double Effect
Dennis Brown
Author, Religion and Ethics for OCR (Polity Press)

The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Christian Ethics
Dr David Grumett, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, University of Edinburgh

Applied Virtue Ethics
Gerald Jones
Author, Philosophy in Focus series;
Head of Adult Learning, London Borough of Lewisham.

Metaethics
Dr Lisa Jones, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of St Andrews

The Problem of Evil
Dr Mel Thompson, author.
Recent titles include Philosophy for Life and Ethics for Life (Teach Yourself)
http://www.mel-thompson.co.uk/

Gender and Theology
Samantha Webster, Head of Philosophy and Theology, Caterham School

Truth and the Diversity of Religions
The Revd Canon Professor Keith Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus, University of Oxford

Issue 54: April 2020

Virtue Ethics
Jules Evans, practical philosopher and writer. www.philosophyforlife.org

Is God a Woman? Religious Language and the Concept of God
Dr Daphne Hampson, Associate of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.

The Utilitarian Dilemma: Bentham, Mill and the Trolley Problem
Peter Baron, Education Director of Academy Conferences.
https://www.academyconferences.com/

God on Trial
Dr Mel Thompson, writer and educationalist.
http://www.mel-thompson.co.uk/

Moral Relativism
Dr Emrys Westacott, Professor of Philosophy, Alfred University, New York.

Determinism, Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Dr David Mills Daniel, writer and educationalist.

The Principle of Double Effect
Dennis Brown, former Head of Religion and Philosophy, The Manchester Grammar School.

Issue 55: November 2020

Is there a ‘perennial philosophy’ at the core of all religions? Jules Evans, practical philosopher and writer. www.philosophyforlife.org

Plato and His Big Idea: The Theory of Forms
Dr Ben Pugh, Lecturer in Theology, Cliff College, Calver.

An Introduction to Bonhoeffer’s Ethics
The Rev Dr Jennifer Moberly, Cranmer Tutor, Cranmer Hall, University of Durham

Does Science Need God?
Professor Roger Trigg, Senior Research Fellow, Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford

Ethics in Fiction
Glenn Bezalel, Assistant Head, St Helen’s School for Girls, London

The Way, The Truth and the Life: Understanding Jesus for A-level Success
Julian Waterfield, A-level examiner and textbook writer

Does the notion of divine omniscience undermine belief in human free will?
Farah Dawood, Head of Philosophy and Religion, Benenden School.

The Sermon on the Mount – impossible ideal, or a pattern for living the Christian life?
Dr David Mills Daniel, writer and educationalist.

Robots and Religion: Rival or Revival
Dr Scott Midson, Lecturer in Liberal Arts, University of Manchester.

Issue 56: April 2021

The Cinema of Utilitarian Excess
Dr Christopher Falzon, Visiting Fellow, Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Is it Rational to Believe in Miracles?
Professor Yujin Nagasawa, H.G. Wood Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, University of Birmingham.

Augustine’s Teaching on Human Nature
Nicky Hansell, Writer and Consultant, Ethics Online. https://ethicsonline.co.uk/

Is Simulated Killing Wrong?
Dr Michael Lacewing, Head of Theology and Philosophy, Christ’s Hospital School. https://michaellacewing.com/

The Mystery of Suffering
Professor Curtis L. Hancock, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

Moral Intuitionism Revisited
Glenn Bezalel, Assistant Head, St Helen’s School for Girls, London

The Cosmological Argument
Andrew Capone, Head of Religious Education, St Simon Stock Catholic School, Maidstone.

They cannot think, but they can suffer – so, are animals morally considerable?
Dr David Mills Daniel, Writer and Educationalist.

Issue 57: November 2021

Business Ethics
Catherine Pepinster, Writer and Commentator on Religion.

The Appearance of God
On the difference between it merely appearing that God is present and God actually appearing to be present

Professor Charles Taliaferro, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, and Scholar In Residence, The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism, Cambridge University.

Condemnation, Abandonment and Anguish: Finding the Positives in Sartre
Dr Mark Dimmock, Teacher of Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Torquay Boys’ Grammar School.

Sexual Ethics and the Randy Philosopher
Dr Mel Thompson, Writer and Educationalist.

What is Feminist Philosophy?
Professor Elinor Mason, Professor of Philosophy, Univerity of California, Santa Barbara.

Autonomy’s Suicide
Professor Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford

The Mysteries of Natural Law
Dr Andrew Pinsent, Research Director, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.

Issue 58: April 2022

Using the Bible in Christian Ethics
Professor David G. Horrell, Co-Head of Department; Professor of New Testament Studies; Director, Centre for Biblical Studies, University of Exeter.

Conscience
Catherine Pepinster, Writer and Commentator on Religion.

Common Consent Arguments for Belief in God
Dr Marcus Hunt, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans.

Some People and The People
Professor James A. Harris, Professor of Philosophy, University of St Andrews.

Do Animals Have Moral Standing?
Professor James Rachels (1941-2003), Distinguished American Philosopher.

Religious Experience: The Difficulties of Arguing from Experience to God
Henry Bishop, A-level Religious Studies Student, Trinity School, Croydon.

Kant’s Moral Philosophy
Professor Jonathan Jacobs, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy; Director, Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.

Issue 59: November 2022

The Trolley Problem: A Virtue-ethical Perspective
Dr Liezl van Zyl, Associate Professor, Philosophy, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Philosophy’s Long Search for Happiness
Jules Evans, practical philosopher and writer. www.philosophyforlife.org

Evil and Suffering: Classic Approaches and New Horizons
Dr Tommy Lynch, Reader in Political Theology, University of Chichester.

Natural Law
Catherine Pepinster, Writer and Commentator on Religion.

Gender and Society: Back to the Bible
Glenn Bezalel, Director of Teaching and Learning, St Helen’s School, London.

Prayer as Spiritual Networking: A New Answer to an Old Question
Dr Elizabeth Burns, Reader in Philosophy of Religion and Programme Director for Bachelor of Divinity, University of London

The Fine-tuning Argument: Does Physics show God exists?
Dr Neil A. Manson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Mississippi.

The Superficial Appeal of Moral Relativism
Dr Piers Benn, Adjunct Professor, Philosophy, Fordham University London Centre.

Issue 60: April 2023

Behind the Idea of God
Dr Mel Thompson, philosopher and author. www.mel-thompson.co.uk

Truth and Religious Pluralism
Professor Victoria S. Harrison, Professor of Philosophy, University of Macau

Minimising our Moral Blind Spots
Gerald Jones, Director of Community Learning, Morley College, London.

The Seven Deadly Sins
Chris Eyre, A-level Examiner; freelance trainer, writer and presenter. www.chriseyreteaching.com

Three Issues in Metaethics
Peter Baron, Director of Active Education www.peped.org

Religion, Peace and Conflict: Is Just War Reasoning Exhausted?
Professor Esther D. Reed, Professor of Theological Studies, University of Exeter.

California Dreaming – Prince Harry’s take on truth
Catherine Pepinster, Writer and Commentator on Religion.

Gen Z Nones and why and how philosophy of religion must adapt.
What Charles Taylor and John Cottingham have to teach us.
Mark Coffey, Teacher of Religion and Philosophy, The Manchester Grammar School.