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Philosophy and Ethics
OCR - AS/A2 LEVEL
A great foundation if you want to read English, Law, History, Philosophy, Sociology,
Psychology, Theology, Politics (and many more) at university. If you enjoy reading and
studying different texts, debating alongside evaluating different opinions and preconceived ideas then this is the subject for you.
2.1 AS Units
Unit 1 G571: AS Philosophy of Religion
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Plato and Philosophy of Religion
Aristotle and Philosophy of Religion
God the creator
The Goodness of God
The Ontological Argument
The Cosmological Argument
The Teleological Argument
The Moral Argument
The Problem Of Evil
Science and Religion
Psychology and Sociology of Religion
Unit G572: AS Religious Ethics
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What is Ethics?
Moral Absolutism and Moral Relativism
Natural Moral law
Kant
Utilitarianism
Religious Ethics – Christian Ethics
Abortion and the Right to Child
Euthanasia and the Right to Life
Genetic Engineering and Embryo Research
War and Peace
2.2 A2 Units
Unit G581: A2 Philosophy of Religion
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Life after death
Revelation and Holy scripture
Religious Experience
Miracles
Religious language
The Nature of God
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Unit G582: A2 Religious Ethics
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Meta-ethics;
Free will and determinism;
Conscience;
Virtue ethics;
Sexual Ethics
Environmental and Business Ethics
Please ask any member of the RE department if you have any questions.
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Sixth Form 2010