AS/A-Level Religious Studies: Ethics Flash Revise Pocketbook

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Table of Contents:
God and morality
1 God and morality
2 Moral commands
3 Obedience to God
4 Kantian views of morality
5 Non-religious explanations of morality
6 Philosophical understandings of morality
7 Moral critiques (1)
8 Moral critiques (2)
9 Moral critiques (3)
10 Morality and freedom
Ethical theory
11 Ethical theory
12 Utilitarianism
13 Types of utilitarianism
14 Bentham’s approach to utilitarianism
15 Mill’s approach to utilitarianism
16 Situation ethics (1)
17 Situation ethics (2)
18 Approaches to situation ethics
19 Plato and virtue
20 Virtue ethics (1)
21 Virtue ethics (2)
22 Virtue ethics (3)
23 Criticisms of virtue ethics
24 Deontology
25 Kant’s understanding of human nature
26 Kantian deontology: key ideas
27 Kant’s formulae of right action
28 The summum bonum
29 Prima facie duties
30 The foundations of natural moral law
31 Aquinas and natural moral law
32 Human purpose
33 Challenges to natural moral law
34 Natural moral law and justice
35 Natural moral law and the modern world
36 Proportionalism (1)
37 Proportionalism (2)
Meta-ethics/ethical language
38 Meta-ethics (1)
39 Meta-ethics (2)
40 Meta-ethics (3)
41 Intuitionism (1)
42 Intuitionism (2)
43 Moral realism
44 Descriptivism and prescriptivism
45 Absolutism
46 Relativism (1)
47 Relativism (2)
48 Emotivism (1)
49 Emotivism (2)
50 Evaluation emotivism
Issues of life and death
51 The sanctity of life
52 Making judgements about life
53 When does life begin? (1)
54 When does life begin? (2)
55 Abortion law
56 Abortion — a question of rights
57 Euthanasia
58 Problems with euthanasia
59 Arguments in support of euthanasia
60 Genetic engineering
61 Stem cell therapy
62 Embryo research
63 Issues of fertility
Sexual ethics
64 Heterosexual relationships
65 Divorce
66 Homosexuality (1)
67 Homosexuality (2)
Practical ethics
68 Wealth and the religious believer
69 Religious financial principles
70 Consumerism (1)
71 Consumerism (2)
72 Gambling
73 Business ethics (1)
74 Business ethics (2)
75 The ethics of work
76 Environmental ethics (1)
77 Environmental ethics (2)
78 Animal life
79 Animal rights
80 Animal testing
81 The status of animals in philosophical thinking
82 Punishment
83 Freedom and law
84 Human rights
85 Authority
86 Justice
War and peace
87 Just war (1)
88 Just war (2)
89 Just war (3)
90 Pacifism (1)
91 Pacifism (2)
92 War and pacifism in the Bible
Evaluation questions
93 Utilitarianism
94 Situation ethics
95 Virtue ethics
96 Deontology
97 Natural moral law
98 Ethical language
99 Abortion
100 Pornography

About the Author(s):
Sarah K. Tyler is a Principal Examiner for Religious Studies and Head of Religious Studies at Mander Portman Woodward in London.