GCE Religious Studies 2015-16 Eduqas GCE Religion

Transcript:GCE Religious Studies 2015-16 Eduqas GCE Religion:
GCE Religious Studies 2015-16 Eduqas GCE Religion and Ethics Draw around your hand on a piece of paper. In the fingers and thumb write down words that would describe your personality. In the palm of your hand write out what is your motto in life. Share with the person next to you. This is a good Virtue Ethics starter. Introduction Moral Absolutism Moral Relativism Normative Approaches: Deontological Teleological The attainment of Virtues Theme 1- Ethical Language and Thought Fortune Line Graph Pick a scholar card. Decide where to place the card once the dilemma has been given e.g. would Aquinas agree, be divided or disagree with abortion? Get the students to justify their viewpoint. Aquinas’ Natural Law Key aspects of the theory Application of Natural Law to: Abortion – Panorama on the issues of abortion in Ireland ‘The great abortion divide’ Voluntary Euthanasia – Silent debate Theme 2: Natural Law Fletcher’s Situation Ethics Fletcher’s Ten Principles of Situation Ethics (4 working principles & 6 fundamental principles. The application of Situation Ethics to: Homosexuality- Use 2012-2013 news articles on the debating between the church and the government on the 2014 Gay Marriage Act. Polyamorous relationships –Made in Chelsea- Rosie meets a someone who is polyamorous and refuses to date him. Theme 3: Situation Ethics The Four Working Principles Pragmatism To be right, the proposed course of action must work. Relativism Scholars who support situation ethics reject words like ‘never’, ‘always’ and ‘absolute’ as they believe that circumstances can always throw up exceptions. Positivism Fletcher claims that there are only two ways of understanding religious knowledge or belief: Theological Naturalism and Theological Positivism. Theological Positivism is based upon love and nothing else. Personalism Ethics deals with human relations and situation ethics puts people at the centre. You will be given one of the 4 working principles- you have to explain it in a creative way e.g. a drama, a rap or a poster. It can be serious or humorous. You must include the following: The principle An explanation A quote Lots of examples Bentham’s Act Utilitarianism (Principle of Utility & Hedonic Calculus) Mill’s development of Utilitarianism (Rule, higher & Lower pleasures) Application of Act & Rule Utilitarianism to both personal, societal and global issues listed below: Animal experimentation for medical research Deep Blue Sea For once the scientists aren’t evil. In fact they are trying to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately