Religious Studies

Course summary

What will you do on this course? The questions that philosophy investigates are the most profound questions that we can ask. Can we prove that God does or does not exist? Is there a meaning to life? Is there life after death? Which is the real me – my mind or my body? What do we mean by good and evil? On this course we discuss how different philosophers have answered these questions, from Plato and Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Dawkins, and many more along the way. In order to develop a critical approach to ethical issues we will analyse a range of philosophical and theological approaches to controversial issues such as gender equality and euthanasia, business ethics and moral decision-making. We also look at the development of religion today, and how the role of belief and ideas shape the fabric of the society we live in.