Religious Studies 9RS0/02 November 2021 | Edexcel A Level Past Papers With Mark Scheme

Edexcel A Level Religious Studies (9RS0) Nov 2021

معلم موافق رایگان بودن است.

1. Natural Moral Law – Aquinas’ primary and secondary precepts, purpose-driven ethics, reason and eternal law, absolutism vs. relativism, real vs. apparent goods, influence of Aristotle′s telos

2. Environmental Ethics – anthropocentrism vs. ecocentrism, deep ecology vs. shallow ecology, stewardship, Gaia hypothesis, utilitarian and virtue ethics approaches, intrinsic vs. instrumental value

3. Virtue Ethics (Aristotle) – moral virtue by habituation not nature, distinction between moral and intellectual virtue, ethos (habit), nature as receptive to virtue formation, example of stone/fire immutability

4. Ethical Language Problems – Ayer′s emotivism, verification principle, meta-ethics, Hume′s is-ought problem, naturalistic fallacy (Moore), cognitive vs. non-cognitive theories

5. Conscience – Aquinas (ratio and synderesis), Freud (super-ego, guilt, internal conflict), social conditioning, Newman and Butler’s theological views, guilt as moral compass

6. Sexual Ethics – natural law views on procreation, utilitarian critiques, Kantian respect for autonomy, contemporary challenges (LGBTQ+ rights, consent), traditional vs. progressive Christian views on marriage and celibacy