National Year 13 Religious Studies

1. Component 1 Section A: Philosophy of religion (part 2)

Religious language · Miracles · Self, death and the afterlife

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2. Component 1 Section B: Ethics and religion (part 2)

Meta-ethics · Free will and moral responsibility · Conscience · Bentham and Kant

• Ethics: How to Decide What Is Right – Ethics (moral philosophy) asks what we ought to do and why. Values such as honesty, kindness, fairness and respect guide choices. Three main theories help: consequences (utilitarianism, Bentham and Mill: most good for most people), duty (Kant: act on rules you could want everyone to follow; treat people as ends, never only as means) and virtue (Aristotle: build good character; virtue is the mean between extremes). Conscience is our inner sense of right and wrong. Freedom brings responsibility. Meta-ethics asks what "good" means and whether values are universal or relative. Applied ethics deals with the environment, animals, work, friendship and peace.

3. 2A Buddhism (Component 2 option - choose one)

Buddhism, gender and sexuality · Buddhism and science · Buddhism and the challenge of secularisation · Buddhism, migration and religious pluralism · Dialogue between Buddhism and philosophy · Dialogue between Buddhism and ethics

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4. 2B Christianity (Component 2 option - choose one)

Christianity, gender and sexuality · Christianity and science · Christianity and the challenge of secularisation · Christianity, migration and religious pluralism · Dialogue between Christianity and philosophy · Dialogue between Christianity and ethics

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5. 2C Hinduism (Component 2 option - choose one)

Hinduism, gender and sexuality · Hinduism and science · Hinduism and the challenge of secularisation · Hinduism, migration and religious pluralism · Dialogue between Hinduism and philosophy · Dialogue between Hinduism and ethics

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6. 2D Islam (Component 2 option - choose one)

Islam, gender and sexuality · Islam and science · Islam and the challenge of secularisation · Islam, migration and religious pluralism · Dialogue between Islam and philosophy · Dialogue between Islam and ethics

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7. 2E Judaism (Component 2 option - choose one)

Judaism, gender and sexuality · Judaism and science · Judaism and the challenge of secularisation · Judaism, migration and religious pluralism · Dialogue between Judaism and philosophy · Dialogue between Judaism and ethics

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