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Ethics
Free will June 2011
Free Will and Determinism Exam Question – “Critically assess the view that we are not responsible for our evil actions” (OCR…
Read MoreComments on Dawkins view of conscience – the atheistic conscience
Richard Dawkins provides us with a fascinating analysis of the origins of conscience which shares some of the features of theological…
Read MoreArticle: Evaluating Pacifism – Brian Orend
In this extract from Brian Orend’s book The Morality of War (Chapter 9) the author considers the arguments for Pacifism. the…
Read MorePast Questions: Abortion
Jan 2010 (new spec) a) Explain how the ethics of a religion you have studied might be aplplied to abortion. (25)…
Read MoreExtract 2: Locke’s analogy of the locked room
EXTRACT Locke Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XXI, Of Power Locke believes only the person is free (the agent)…
Read MoreCASE STUDIES Free Will
A2 Religious Ethics Freewill & Determinism Some Case Studies. Case Studies 1-3 all, in various ways, can be used to…
Read MoreExtract 9: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Click here for a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). This can be related to the Natural rights…
Read MoreHandout: Extracts from After Virtue
I am grateful to Stephen Loxton of Sherborne School for Girls for this summary of key points from After Virtue. A…
Read MoreArticle: William Frankena on Relativism
RELATIVISM The whole text of William Frankena's brilliant book on ethics is available online – click here. Against any such view…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
