Philosophy and Ethics at Upton Hall FCJ

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AS

AS Unit AReligion and Ethics 1 (RSS01)

• Utilitarianism• Situation Ethics• Religious teaching on the nature and value of

human life• Abortion and Euthanasia

Religion and Ethics.

The study of ethics requires you to look at ethical theories including religious teaching on the nature and value of human life and

examination of contemporary medical issues such as abortion and euthanasia

What skills are required?

You need to be open-minded, you need to use your critical powers ,and above all learn from the way different ethical

theories approach the issues you study.

Philosophy of Religion (RSS03)

• The cosmological argument• Religious experience• Psychology and religion

• Atheism and postmodernism

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE • VISIONS - ‘’I saw an angel near me, on the left side, in

bodily form....He was not tall, but short, marvellously beautiful’’ TERESA OF AVILA

• CONVERSION ‘’ In the Trinity term of 1929, I gave in and admitted that God was God......the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England ...’’ C.S LEWIS

• MYSTICISM ‘’Our soul is made to be God’s dwelling place and the dwelling of our soul is God , who is uncreated ’’ JULIAN OF NORWICH

•

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION

Each unit is 50% of AS, 25% of A Level

Each unit is a 1 hour 15 minute written examination

Each unit is worth 90 marks

In each unit, candidates answer two essay questions from a choice of four.

A2

Religion and Ethics (RST3A)

• Freewill, Libertarianism and Determinism• Virtue Ethics• Sexual Behaviour and Human Relationships• Science and Technology

• 25% of A Level 1 hour 30 minutes written examination 100 marks

Two structured essay questions from a choice of four.

Religion and Ethics

Are these the faces of evil?

•Are they born evil?

•What made them kill?Their parents/upbringingSocietyFriends

Unit 4 Religion and Human Experience Topic III Religious Experience Unit 4A (RST4A)

• Ideas about and types of Religious Experience• Influence and Value of Religious Experience• Religious Experience as a basis of Faith• Verification of Religious Experience • 25% of A Level

1 hour 30 minutes written examination 75 marks

• One extended question broken into two components.

Religious Experience

So what’s the point?

• You will learn how to think analytically, critically and logically.

• Such skills are invaluable in a very wide range of careers from law to medicine (incidentally we cover a range of medical ethics)

• These skills do not just help out in the world of work. They’re important for life!

So what?

• You might find some of these questions interesting and enjoy the intellectual challenge of them. Fancy that! A subject at school you actually enjoy!

• If you do you are likely to do very well when you do your exams. Anecdotal research suggests a strong link between enjoyment and performance at AS/A2 level.

Why at Upton Hall FCJ?

• We are very proud of the results our pupils achieve.• There is continuity and support from your teachers. • Pupils who take the subject enjoy it.• Religious Studies provides you with many skills to

utilise in a range of courses at University.