ALL A-Level (AS and A2) Edexcel Religious Studies Notes (both Philosophy and Ethics)

Comprehensive revision notes, made with the new specification in mind, for Edexcel’s Religious Studies AS and A Level course.

All topics are covered:

• 1.1 Design Argument

• 1.2 Cosmological Argument

• 1.3 Ontological Argument

• 2.1 The nature of religious experience

• 2.2 Influence of religious experience

• 3.1 Problem of evil and suffering

• 3.2 Theodicies and solutions to the problem of suffering

• 4.1 Analogy and Symbol

• 4.2 Verification and falsification debates

• 4.3 Language games

• 5.1 Context to critiques of religious belief and points for discussion

• 5.2 A comparison between a critic of religion, Bertrand Russell, and a religious believer, Frederick Copleston

• 6.1 Views about life after death across a range of religious traditions

• 6.2 Points for discussion about life after death

• 6.3 Religion and science debates and their significance for philosophy of religion

• 1.1 Environmental issues

• 1.2 Equality

• 2.1 Utilitarianism

• 2.2 Situation Ethics

• 3.1 War and peace

• 3.2 Sexual Ethics

• 4.1 Meta-ethics

• 4.2 The relationship between religion and morality

• 5.1 A comparison of the work of Immanuel Kant and Aristotle with regard to Deontology and Virtue Ethics respectively

• 6.1 Issues in medical ethics with a focus on beginning and end of life debates