1. Key Philosophers AS PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS INTRODUCTORY PROJECT RJCOUSINS2015

2. Research For each philosopher you must find: ◦A photograph. ◦The time that they were active. ◦Main works. ◦Atheist/theist ◦Other important details. Some of the information has already been filled in for you. RJCOUSINS2015

3. David Hume Atheist ‘Dialogues on Natural Religion’ An empiricist, basing his opinions on reason and evidence. RJCOUSINS2015

4. Richard Dawkins Atheist 20 th -21 st century RJCOUSINS2015

5. Immanuel Kant Pioneered deontology, his key argument being the duty of humans. RJCOUSINS2015

6. St. Thomas Aquinas Theist (Christian) Wrote the ‘Summa Theologica’, giving five ways to prove the existence of God. RJCOUSINS2015

7. Plato Circa 400 BC RJCOUSINS2015

8. Aristotle Attended Plato’s Academy Not particularly religious, though he influenced Christianity and Islam greatly. RJCOUSINS2015

9. Richard Swinburne Theist (Christian) 20 th -21 st century Wrote ‘Is There A God?’ RJCOUSINS2015

10. Keith Ward 20 th -21 st century Theist (priest of the Church of England) RJCOUSINS2015

11. William Paley Best known for his watchmaker analogy in the teleological argument. RJCOUSINS2015

12. F. R. Tennant Theist (Christian) Formulated the Anthropological and Aesthetic Arguments to prove God’s existence. RJCOUSINS2015

13. St. Augustine Theist (Christian) "established anew the ancient Faith“ Contributed to the Just War theory. RJCOUSINS2015

14. Jeremy Bentham Atheist Devised the ‘greatest happiness for the greatest number’ principle. RJCOUSINS2015

15. John Stuart Mill 19 th century RJCOUSINS2015

16. Joseph Fletcher Theist (Christian) Pioneered modern Situation Ethics. 20 th century RJCOUSINS2015