OCR Religious Studies A Level Year 1 and AS
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English
ISBN
9781471866708
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Title Page
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Contents
1 Philosophy of religion
Chapter 1 Philosophy and its methods
1 Introduction
2 Philosophy is a conversation
3 Naming the parts – essential vocabulary for philosophical thinking
4 Sense experience and its problems
5 Metaphysics
6 Study advice – making notes
7 Conclusions
Summary diagram: Philosophy and its methods
Chapter 2 Ancient philosophy: Plato
1 Introduction
2 Understanding of Reality
3 Objections to the theory of the Forms
4 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Plato
Chapter 3 Aristotle and causation
1 Introduction
2 The philosophical views of Aristotle
3 The four causes
4 The Prime Mover
5 The Prime Mover and Plato’s Form of the Good
6 Objections to Aristotle’s theories
7 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Aristotle
Chapter 4 Soul, mind and body
1 Introduction
2 Is the soul a thing?
3 Plato and the soul
4 Aristotle and the soul
5 Substance dualism
6 Other views on the mind–body question
7 Materialism
8 Objections to theories and conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Soul, mind and body
Chapter 5 The existence of God: arguments based on observation
1 Introduction
2 The teleological argument
3 Criticisms from Hume
4 Other criticisms
5 Modern versions of the design argument
6 Aquinas’ cosmological argument
7 Leibniz and the principle of sufficient reason
8 Objections to arguments from experience
9 Other issues
10 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: The existence of God based on evidence
Chapter 6 The existence of God: arguments based on reason
1 Introduction
2 St Anselm’s ontological argument
3 Objections to theories
4 A priori and a posteriori proofs of God.
5 Conclusion
Study advice
Summary diagram: Existence of God based on observation
Chapter 7 Religious experience
1 Introduction
2 The nature of religious experience
3 Is personal testimony enough to convince others?
4 Types of religious experience
5 How can religious experiences be understood?
6 Objections to theories
7 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Religious experience
Chapter 8 The problem of evil
1 Introduction
2 The problem defined
3 Theodicy
4 Soul-making theodicies
5 John Hick’s version of Irenaean theodicy
6 Richard Swinburne and didactic evil
7 D. Z. Phillips on soul-making theodicy
8 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: The problem of evil
2 Religion and ethics
Chapter 9 The issues of ethics
1 Introduction
2 Person and community
3 Ethical life
4 Theories of ethics
Study advice
Summary diagram: The issue of ethics
Chapter 10 Aquinas and natural law
1 Introduction
2 Aquinas’ four tiers of law
3 Aquinas’ natural law
4 The principle of double effect
5 Objections to theories of natural law
6 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Aquinas and natural law
Chapter 11 Situation ethics
1 Introduction
2 Joseph Fletcher’s situation ethics
3 Fletcher on conscience
4 Objections to theories
5 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Situation ethics
Chapter 12 Kantian ethics
1 Introduction
2 Kant’s moral teaching
3 Hypothetical imperatives
4 The categorical imperative
5 Objections to Kant’s ethics
6 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram : Kantian ethics
Chapter 13 Utilitarianism
1 Introduction
2 Jeremy Bentham and classical utilitarianism
3 Teleology and relativism
4 Peter Singer and preference utilitarianism
5 Objections to utilitarianism
6 Conclusions
Study advice
Summary diagram: Utilitarianism
Chapter 14 Euthanasia
1 Introduction
2 A problem of definition
3 The law and euthanasia
4 Sanctity of life principle
5 Quality of life principle
6 Voluntary euthanasia
7 Non-voluntary euthanasia
8 Application of natural law and situation ethics to euthanasia
Summary diagram: Euthanasia
Chapter 15 Business ethics
1 Introduction
2 Corporate social responsibility
3 Applying ethical theories to business ethics
4 Whistle-blowing
5 Good ethics is good business
6 Globalisation
7 Conclusion
Study advice
Summary diagram: Business ethics
3 Developments in Christian thought
Chapter 16 Augustine on human nature
1 Introduction
2 The human potential
3 Augustine on human nature
4 Interpreting Augustine today
Summary diagram: Augustine on human nature
Chapter 17 Death and the afterlife
1 Introduction
2 New Testament foundations
3 The parable of the Sheep and the Goats
4 Developments in Christian eschatological teaching
5 Election
Summary diagram: Death and the afterlife
Chapter 18 Knowledge of God’s existence
1 Introduction
2 Natural and revealed theology
3 Natural knowledge of God’s existence
4 Revealed knowledge of God’s existence
5 The natural–revealed theology debate
Summary diagram: Knowledge of God’s existence
Chapter 19 Jesus Christ
1 Introduction
2 Jesus Christ’s authority
3 Jesus the teacher of wisdom
4 Jesus the liberator
5 Son of God
6 Uniqueness
Summary diagram: Jesus Christ
Chapter 20 Christian moral principles
1 Introduction
2 Theonomous Christian ethics and practices
3 Heteronomous Christian ethics and practices
4 Autonomous Christian ethics and practices
Summary diagram: Christian moral principles
Chapter 21 Christian moral action: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1 Introduction
2 Bonhoeffer’s life
3 Duty to God and duty to the state
4 The role of the Church as community
5 The cost of discipleship
6 Bonhoeffer’s relevance today
Summary diagram: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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