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AS
Level Assessment Guide
A2
Level Assessment Guide
Module
6.1 – Introduction to Philosophy
Plato’s analogy of the cave; the concept of Forms; the body/soul
distinction. Jewish influences: the concepts of creation, goodness
and miracle.
Module
6.2 – Introduction to Ethics
Metaethics: the use of ethical language (good, bad, right, wrong)
Concepts within Ethical Theory: moral relativism (eg situation ethics);
virtue ethics and natural law.
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6.3 – Arguments for the existence of God
Traditional arguments for the existence of God:
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the Ontological argument (Aquinas, Descartes, Kant)
- the Cosmological
argument (Aquinas, Hume)
- the Argument from Design (teleological) (Aquinas, Paley, Hume, Mill)
- the Moral argument (Kant)
- the Argument from Religious Experience (Otto, James)
The 1948 BBC debate between Copleston and Russell.
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6.4 – Arguments against the existence of God
Psychology (Freud and Jung)
Sociology (Marx,
Weber, Durkheim)
Science (Darwin and Dawkins)
Theodicy - the problem of evil (Irenaeus and Augustine)
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6.5 – Ethical Theory and Ethical Language
Kant and the Categorical Imperative; utilitarianism (Bentham and Mill);
absolute versus relative morality; natural law revisited
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6.6 – Practical Applications of Module 5
Medical ethics: abortion, euthanasia, the right to life, the right
to a child: genetic engineering.
The usefulness or otherwise of the module 6.5 theories when applied
to the above ethical issues.
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