OCR A2 Critical Thinking Student Unit Guide: Unit F503 Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

Summary:
Student Unit Guides are perfect for revision. Each guide is written by an examiner and explains the unit requirements, summarises the relevant unit content and includes a series of specimen questions and answers.

There are three sections to each guide:

Introduction - includes advice on how to use the guide, an explanation of the skills being tested by the assessment objectives, an outline of the unit or module and, depending on the unit, suggestions for how to revise effectively and prepare for the examination questions.

Content Guidance - provides an examiner's overview of the module's key terms and concepts and identifies opportunities to exhibit the skills required by the unit. It is designed to help students to structure their revision and make them aware of the concepts they need to understand the exam and how they might analyse and evaluate topics.

Question and Answers - sample questions and with graded answers which have been carefully written to reflect the style of the unit. All responses are accompanied by commentaries which highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, giving students an insight into the mind of the examiner.

• A revision guide specifically written to meet the requirements of the unit
  

• Written by an examiner with commentary on key points and concepts
  

• Features specimen questions and answers, together with examiner's comments
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
Unit F503
Resource booklet
Skills
Preparing for the examination
The examination
Content Guidance
About this section
Source documents
Problems arising from the documents
Factors affecting views
Problems of definition
Choices, criteria and dilemmas
The sixth-form kitchen
Identifying a dilemma
Ethical principles
Distinguishing between is and ought
Principles
Moral relativism
Cultural relativism
Utilitarianism
Duty ethics
Altruism, egoism and the Golden Rule
Libertarianism
Egalitarianism
Rights and responsibilities
Animal rights
Environmental ethics
Questions and Answers
About this section
Resource booklet
Sample examination paper
Q1 Problems arising from the documents
Q2 Problems of definition
Q3 Choices and criteria
Q4 Resolving dilemmas

About the Author(s):
David Yates teaches at New Hall School, Chelmsford.