Philosophy is an academic subject which involves analysing and evaluating concepts that students would not necessarily have thought about before. The course is demanding and as such requires a lot of work from each of its students. You will need to be organised, motivated and enthusiastic and most importantly open to new ideas and concepts. UNIT 1: Ancient philosophical influences, soul mind and body, arguments for and against God’s existence, religious experience and language, the problem of evil, immortality. UNIT 2: Normative ethical theories, the application of normative theories to four modern day issues, ethical language and thought, debates about conscience and freewill, UNIT 3: Buddhist beliefs, values and teachings and their relation to the contemporary world, sources of religious wisdom and authority, practices, plus social and historical developments in theology and Buddhist thought.