Paul Whicker

Course Notes for Edexcel students on Virtue Ethics

Paper 2 Religion and Ethics, Virtue Ethics /

From the Edexcel specification: Aristotelian virtue ethics – historical and cultural influences on Virtue Ethics from its beginnings to modern developments of the theory, concepts of eudaemonia and living well, the golden mean, development of virtuous character, virtuous role models, vices, contemporary applications of virtue theories. Virtue ethics is the theory that the foundation of […]

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Secularization Part 2 : The debate/Christianity and Secularization

Paper 4B Christianity, Secularization /

What your Christianity syllabus says… 4.2 Secularisation (2) As you have previously learned, the term ‘secularization’ (which can be spelt with a ‘z’ or an ‘s’) is used to refer to a process in which religion/religious belief in a society gradually declines and then eventually dies out. Is there evidence to support this theory? Is

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Secularization Part 1: The New Atheism

Paper 1 Philosophy of Religion, Paper 4B Christianity, Secularization /

Possible examination question: Explore the arguments of modern atheists, including Richard Dawkins and evaluate the impact of these views and the responses to them. These notes can be used for section 4.2 of your Christianity syllabus (on secularization) and 5.1(b) of your Philosophy syllabus (alternative explanations for religious beliefs). Introduction The term ‘secularization’ refers to

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A Level Religious Studies – exemplar answers to Edexcel examination questions for Paper 1 Philosophy of Religion topics 6.1 and 6.2 : Views about life after death across a range of religious traditions; points for discussion about life after death

Exemplar answer, Paper 1 Philosophy of Religion /

Edexcel Religious Studies Exemplar Answers

A Level Religious Studies – exemplar answers to Edexcel examination questions for Paper 1 Philosophy of Religion topics 6.1 and 6.2 : Views about life after death across a range of religious traditions; points for discussion about life after death Read More »

PHILRSBLOG GOES TO THE MOVIES: Blade Runner 2049 and Liberation Theology

Liberation Theology, Paper 4B Christianity /

SPOILER ALERT: before getting down to business, if you are reading this and haven’t seen one or both of the two Blade Runner movies, this discussion may not be for you right now, as it is simply inevitable that major plot details that you might not care to know about in advance are going to

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