Religious Studies

Assessment

Pupils take three papers, which are equally weighted. Topics include: • Paper 1: Philosophy of Religion Plato and Aristotle; The nature of the soul, mind and body; the existence or non-existence of God; the Problem of Evil; what is ‘God’. • Paper 2: Ethics Ethical theories (e.g. Utilitarianism, Kantianism); Philosophy of Language (the meaning of ‘Good’); Medical Ethics; Business Ethics; Sexual Ethics. • Paper 3: Developments in Theology Christian Moral Principles; The Person of Jesus Christ; Human Nature; Death and the Afterlife; Secularism; Karl Marx; Dietrich Bonhoeffer.