David Daniel

Dr David Mills Daniel is an educational consultant who has worked for several major international exam boards in the UK.

25 Great Philosophers From Plato to Sartre

SCM Briefly 25 Great Philosophers offers a brief guide to the lives, writings and principal philosophical ideas of some of the world's great philosophers, from Plato to Jean Paul Sartre. Here is a brief and accessible introduction to philosophy and its main proponents. In only five pages, readers get an introduction to the life, the context and the writing of each philosopher. A glossary of philosophical terms is provided at the end of the book. ''Philosophers covered in this book ...

Fletcher’s Situation Ethics

David Daniel

This book discusses Fletcher's situation ethics which basically states that sometimes other moral principles can be cast aside in certain situations if love is best served. It is one of the main ethical theories studied in all introductory courses on Christian ethics.

Bentham’s An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation

David Daniel

In the Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Bentham strove æto cut a new road through the wilds of jurisprudenceÆ. Laws should be socially useful and not merely reflect the status quo; and, that while he believed that human beings inevitably pursue pleasure and avoid pain, Bentham thought it to be a æsacred truthÆ that æthe greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislationÆ.

Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason

David Daniel

Kant's Critique of Practical Reason (1788) is one of his most important works and a key text to understanding Kant's philosophy and it the impact it had on later developments of moral philosophy and ethics.

Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil

Part of the 'SCM Briefly' series, which summarizes books by philosophers and theologians, this book looks beyond good and evil. It also includes line by line analysis, short quotes, and a glossary of terms to help students with definitions of philosophical terms.

Ayer’s Language, Truth and Logic

Part of the 'SCM Briefly' series, which summarizes books by philosophers and theologians, this book provides a summary of Language, Truth and Logic. It also includes line by line analysis, short quotes, and a glossary of terms to help students with definitions of philosophical terms.

Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics

Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling is one of KierkegaardÆs earliest works, which he wrote under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio. Kierkegaard had been a student of theology in Copenhagen, and had come to hate the Danish Church. He produced hundreds of leaflets against the Church during his lifetime. However his writing was largely ignored, and he was not a popular or well-regarded thinker in his own time. HegelÆs writing largely dominated philosophical thought throughout KierkegaardÆs life. Hegel...

Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Briefly: Sartre’s Existentialism and Humanism

Descartes’ Meditation on First Philosophy

Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy was published in 1641, designed for the philosopher and for the theologian. It consists of six meditations, Of the Things that we may doubt, Of the Nature of the Human Mind, Of God: that He exists, Of Truth and Error, Of the Essence of Material Things, Of the Existence of Material Things and of the Real Distinction between the Mind and the Body of Man. However many scientists were opposed to Descartes' ideas, even in his own lifetime. Altho...

Aquinas’ Summa Theologica II

The first part of the Summa Theologica by Aquinas was dealt with in an SCM Briefly guide that published in May 06. The second part of the Summa Theologica is dealt with in this book. Aquinas' Summa Theologica is his most famous work. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time and consists of a summary of the reasonings for almost all points of the Catholic faith. It is the fullest presentation of his views and cove...

Kant’s Religion Within the Bounds of Mere Reason

Kant's Religion Within The Boundsáof Mere Reason was written late in his life, following his most famous works including Critique of Pure Reason and Groundwork of Metaphysics of Morals. In it he considers the consequences of transcendental criticism for theology. Kant identifies a moral core to the Christian faith and asserts that because of that core and because the faith contains a principle for dispensing with the morally extraneous statutes and history associated with it, this f...

Anselm’s Proslogion

"St Anselm (1033-1109) was an Italian theologian and philosopher and the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093-1097. He is best known for his work, Proslogion, in which he defends the Church and sets out his philosophy and argument for the existence of God, now known as the Ontological Argument. OA is now a commonly studied subject at schools and universities, yet this critical, original treatise outlining the OA is often misunderstood by readers. Here in the Briefly text, the author g...

25 Great Philosophers From Plato to Sartre

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Fletcher’s Situation Ethics

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Bentham’s An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation

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Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason

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Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil

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Ayer’s Language, Truth and Logic

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Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics

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Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

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Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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Briefly: Sartre’s Existentialism and Humanism

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Descartes’ Meditation on First Philosophy

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Aquinas’ Summa Theologica II

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Kant’s Religion Within the Bounds of Mere Reason

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Anselm’s Proslogion

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Mill’s on Liberty

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