Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (Year 12)
Exam Board
AQA
What will you study?
Philosophy: Arguments for the existence of God (Design, Cosmological and Ontological)
Ethics: Introduction to normative ethical theories, application of ethical theories
Philosophy: Evil and Suffering, Religious Experience, Religious Language
Ethics: Introduction to meta-ethics, Free will and moral responsibility
Philosophy: Miracles, Self and life after death
Ethics: Conscience and Bentham and Kant
Useful tips and resources
Use My Revision Notes to revise key concepts
Practice past paper questions
AQA – Past Paper questions
A Level Philosophy – Help on how to structure essay questions, and breakdowns of key concepts
What super curricular activities can KS3 students engage with at school?
Dialogues magazine
In Our Time Podcast
Brian Davies, Introduction to Philosophy of Religion (Oxford, 3rd edition, 2004)
Richard Swinburne, Is There a God? (Oxford, revised edition, 2010)
Alasdair MacIntyre, A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century (London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 1998)
Documentary, THE STORY OF GOD (2016)
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.
The Puzzle of Ethics and The Puzzle of God by Peter Vardy.
Documentary, Divine Women with Bettany Hughes
Ask Miss Stella or Ms Broadhurst for more specific recommendations of books or articles based on the topics you find most interesting