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A LEVEL PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS

At KS5 students will follow the AQA Religious Studies A Level Specification 7062.

In this they will study philosophy, ethics, and Christianity. In doing so it will give them a knowledge of philosophical arguments for the existence of God, questions of how evil disproves God, whether religious experiences or miracles are real, and if there is any existence after death.

In ethics they will look at the key ethical theories ranging from Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, Aquinas’ Natural Moral Law, to Fletcher’s Situation Ethics. These theories will be applied to issues like abortion, genetic engineering, lying, and theft. In Christianity students will learn the key beliefs Christianity has about the nature of God, the sources of wisdom and authority, the behaviour and conduct Christians should follow, and Christianity’s response to modern issues of gender and sexuality, science, and secularism.  

KS5 topics by year

Year 12

Philosophy:

  • Cosmological argument and teleological argument

Ethics:

  • Intro to ethics
  • Natural moral law

    Christianity

    • The Nature of God 

     Philosophy:

    • Ontological argument

    Ethics:

    • Situation Ethics
    • Virtue Ethics

      Christianity

      • Wisdom and authority
      • Self, death, and afterlife

       Philosophy:

      • Problem of Evil
      • Religious Experience

        Ethics:

        • Application of theories to theft and lying

        Ethics:

        • Application of ethical theories

        Christianity

        • Expressions of identity

         Ethics:

        • Application of ethical theories

        Christianity

        • Good conduct and key moral principles

         Philosophy:

        • Revision of key content

        Ethics:

        • Revision of key content

        Christianity

        • Revision of Key content
        • Starting Year 2 topic – Christianity Gender and Sexuality.

           End of year mock exams.

          Year 13

          Philosophy:

          • Religious Language

          Ethics:

          • Introduction to Meta Ethics

          Philosophy:

          • Miracles

          Ethics:

          • Free Will and Determinism

           

          Philosophy:

          • Self, Death and afterlife 2

          Ethics:

          • Conscience

          Christianity 

          • Challenges to faith, science

          Ethics:

          • Bentham and Kant

          Christianity

          • Challenges to faith, secularisation and multiculturalism

          Start of revision period

          Revision of all content

          Revision and final exams

          Key Contact

          If you would like any more information about this subject, please contact Connor Tharme – Connor.tharme@thebicesterschool.org.uk