Qualification
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Philosophy and ethics
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Awarding body
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AQA
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Entry requirements
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GCSE at Grade 5 or above in religious studies or, if GCSE religious studies was not studied, a Grade 5 or above in English language.
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Year 12
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Section A: Philosophy of religion:
- Arguments for the existence of God
- Evil and suffering
- Religious experience
- Religious language
- Miracles
- The self and life after death.
Section B: Ethics and religion:
- Ethical theories
- Issues of human life and death
- Issues of animal life and death
- Introduction to Meta ethics
- Free will and moral responsibility
- Conscience
- Bentham and Kant.
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Year 13
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Christianity:
- Sources of wisdom and authority
- God/gods/ultimate reality
- The self, death and the afterlife
- Good conduct and key moral principles
- Expression of religious identity
- Religion, gender and sexuality
- Religion and science
- Religion and secularisation
- Religion and religious pluralism.
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Assessment
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Paper One: Written exam (3 hours) at the end of Y13. It is worth 100 marks and 50% of the total A level.
Paper Two: Written exam (3 hours) at the end of Y13. It is worth 100 marks and 50% of total A level.
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Why study philosophy and ethics?
Philosophy and ethics can give you many transferable skills which will not only be useful for future studies but also in everyday life in how you approach situations and problems in which you are faced. The subject is academically rigorous and widely recognised by universities and can work well with both humanities and written subjects as well as science due to covering units such as medical ethics.
Students have gone onto study theology, religious studies, philosophy, education, law, politics, medicine and more. It can lead to careers in law, education, social work, politics, the armed forces, police and healthcare.