RELIGIOUS ETHICS REVISION FOR AS LEVEL
Ethics revision essays which may be a source of joy, delight and confusion.
a) Explain what Plato meant by "Forms"
b) "Plato's theory of Forms is of little use" Discuss.
a) Explain what is meant in the Bible by the phrase "God is good."
b) "It is difficult to believe in a God who is perfectly good." Discuss.
a) Explain how meta-ethics is different from Normative ethics.
b) Everyone knows what "good" means. Discuss.
a) What is meant by moral relativism?
b) "The problem with Situation Ethics is that it does not provide any definite answers." Discuss.
a) Explain the ontological argument from Anselm and Gaunilo's objections to it.
b) "The ontological argument can never overcome Kant's objection that existence is not a predicate." Discuss.
a) Explain the cosmological argument for the existence of God.
b) "The cosmological argument is unconvincing" Discuss.
a) Explain Paley's teleological argument.
b) "Paley's teleological argument cannot meet the challenges of Darwinism." Discuss.
a) Explain Kant's moral argument for the existence of God.
b) Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the moral argument for the existence of God.
a) Explain how followers of Marx have challenged the idea that religious experience is evidence for the existence of God.
b) "Religious experience is the most convincing evidence for God's existence." Discuss.
a) Give an account of Kant's theory of ethics.
b) How helpful would this theory be when faced with a question of abortion?
a) Explain the difference between Act and Rule Utilitarianism.
b) To what extent is Utilitarianism useful when making decisions about Euthanasia?
a) Explain the difference between a relative morality and an absolute one.
b) How useful is a relative morality in dealing with issues surrounding genetic engineering?
a) What is Virtue Ethics?
b) Discuss the view that it is never virtuous to obtain an abortion.
a) Explain what Kant means by Categorical Imperative.
b) How helpful would Kant's theory of ethics be when faced with the problem of dying without dignity?