Hodder Education
WJEC/Eduqas Religious Studies for A Level & AS - Religion and Ethics Revised
WJEC/Eduqas Religious Studies for A Level & AS - Religion and Ethics Revised
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Our popular Religion and Ethics student book has been completely revised and updated to provide a single book for AS and A-level.
Written by a team of experienced teachers and authors with an in-depth understanding of teaching, learning and assessment at AS and A-level, this accessible and engaging student book will support your students throughout the course and help them prepare for the exams.

- Submitted for endorsement to WJEC/Eduqas to ensure high quality support you can trust
- Updated to provide improved mapping to the specifications with focused content and support in a single book for A Level and AS, offering excellent value for money
- Accessible language and appealing layout help your students more easily engage with the information and get the most out of the course
- Provides a skill-based approach to learning, which combines content of the course and exam preparation throughout, helping students to develop important exam skills right from the start
- Key terms and ideas are clearly identified and defined throughout
- Regular exam practice questions with advice and exemplar answers help students prepare for the exams

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English
ISBN
9781398379251
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Introduction to ethical thought
Theme 1: Ethical thought
A: Divine command theory
B: Virtue theory
C: Ethical egoism
D: Meta-ethical approaches – naturalism
E: Meta-ethical approaches – intuitionism
F: Meta-ethical approaches – emotivism
Theme 2: Deontological ethics
A: Aquinas’ natural law: a religious approach to ethics
B: Aquinas’ natural law: the role of virtues and goods in supporting moral behaviour
C: Aquinas’ natural law: application of the theory
D: John Finnis’ development of natural law
E: Bernard Hoose’s overview of the proportionalist debate
F: Finnis’ natural law and proportionalism: application of the theories
Theme 3: Teleological ethics
A: Joseph Fletcher’s situation ethics: his rejection of other forms of ethics and his acceptance of agape as the basis of morality
B: Fletcher’s situation ethics: the principles as a means of assessing morality
C: Fletcher’s situation ethics: application of the theory
D: Utilitarianism – classical utilitarianism by Jeremy Bentham
E: Utilitarianism – John Stuart Mill’s development
F: Utilitarianism – applications
Theme 4: Determinism and free will
A: Religious concepts of predestination
B: Concepts of determinism
C: The implications of determinism and predestination
D: Religious concepts of free will
E: Concepts of libertarianism
F: The implications of libertarianism and free will
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