Notes on The Design Argument, suitable for AS / A2 Philosophy or Religious Studies students. These can be used either as a revision tool or to further learning in lesson. These notes cover the following: key terminology Paley and the analogical argument Aquinas and the Fifth Way Swinburne and Regularities of Succession Swinburne and the argument from Probability The Aesthetic Argument The Anthropic Argument Eschatological Verification Criticisms from Dawkins, evolution, Mill, Hume, Epicurus key quotations and explanations of these concepts This resource includes quotes and examples from scholars to support your responses in essays.

10 pages of quality notes on the Ontological Argument, suitable for AS / A2 Philosophy or Religious Studies students. These can be used either as a revision tool or to further learning in lessons, and cover all of the key content needed for an A2 exam. These notes cover the following: key terminology and definitions St Anselm and the origins of the argument Gaunilo and his critiques of Anselm Aquinas Descartes Leibniz modern approaches to the issue; Malcolm and Plantinga criticism and evaluationof the argument from Hume, Kant, Moore, Russell, Gasking, Oppy, Dawkins, Davies & Thompson This resource includes scholarly quotes and examples from key thinkers to support your responses in essays.

Notes on the Non-Existence of God & Critiques of Religious Belief, suitable for AS / A2 Philosophy or Religious Studies students. These can be used either as a revision tool or to further learning in lessons, but cover all of the key content that may be needed in an A2 exam. These notes cover the following: introduction to the notion of atheism sociological critiques of faith - Durkheim and *Marx psychological critiques of faith - Freud critical evaluation of these theories This resource includes scholarly quotes and examples from key thinkers to support your responses in essays.

Consolidated notes on the Problem of Evil and Suffering, suitable for AS / A2 Philosophy or Religious Studies students. They cover the responses made by religious thinkers to the issue of evil and suffering. These can be used either as a revision tool or to further learning in lessons, but cover all of the key content needed in an AS examination. These notes cover the following: introduction to the problem of evil and suffering Augustinian theodicy Irenaean theodicy Process Theodicy Protest Theodicy critical evaluations of all of these theodicies This resource includes scholarly quotes and examples from key thinkers to support your responses in essays.

Notes on Situation Ethics, suitable for AS / A2 Philosophy or Religious Studies students. These can be used either as a revision tool or to further learning in lessons. These notes cover the following: key terminology social and historical context the concept of best interests the Four Presuppositions the Six Fundamental Precepts Evaluations by scholars This resource includes quotes and examples from scholars to support your responses in essays.

Brief revision notes for Kantian Deontology, suitable for AS / A2 Philosophy or Religious Studies students . Covers the following; Key Features Non-Consequentialism Duty & the Good Will The Categorical Imperative Freedom & Autonomy Summum Bonum Contains lots of quotations to support your points in essays. Useful to review and support pre-existing knowledge.