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AQA A-Level Religious Studies 7062
Arguments for the Existence of God
Evil and Suffering
Religious Language
Self and Life After Death
Religious Experience
Ethical Theories
Issues of Human Life and Death
Meta Ethics
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Conscience
Bentham and Kant
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Buddhism: Religion and ScienceBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and SecularisationBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and Religious PluralismBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with PhilosophyBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with EthicsBuddhism
Buddhism: God and Ultimate RealityBuddhism
Buddhism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Expression of Religious IdentityBuddhism
Christianity: God and Ultimate RealityChristianity
Christianity: Self, Death and the AfterlifeChristianity
Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesChristianity
Christianity: Religion, Gender and SexualityChristianity
Christianity: Religion and ScienceChristianity
Christianity: Religion and SecularisationChristianity
Christianity: Religion and Religious PluralismChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with PhilosophyChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with EthicsChristianity
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Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityChristianity
Christianity: Expression of Religious IdentityChristianity
Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityHinduism
Hinduism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesHinduism
Hinduism: Religion, Gender and SexualityHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and ScienceHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and SecularisationHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and Religious PluralismHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with PhilosophyHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with EthicsHinduism
Hinduism: God and Ultimate RealityHinduism
Hinduism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeHinduism
Hinduism: Expression of Religious IdentityHinduism
Islam: God and Ultimate RealityIslam
Islam: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesIslam
Islam: Religion, Gender and SexualityIslam
Islam: Religion and ScienceIslam
Islam: Religion and SecularisationIslam
Islam: Religion and Religious PluralismIslam
Islam: Dialogue with PhilosophyIslam
Islam: Dialogue with EthicsIslam
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityIslam
Islam: Self, Death and the AfterlifeIslam
Islam: Expression of Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: God and Ultimate RealityJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with PhilosophyJudaism
Judaism: Religion and ScienceJudaism
Judaism: Religion and SecularisationJudaism
Judaism: Religion and Religious PluralismJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with EthicsJudaism
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Judaism: Religion, Gender and SexualityJudaism
Judaism: Expression of Religious IdentityJudaism
Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityJudaism
Judaism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeJudaism
Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesJudaism
Bentham and Kant
- 3 subtopics
- 11 things to know
- Component 1
What Bentham and Kant covers
Bentham's principle of utility and hedonic calculus set against Kant's categorical imperative, duty and the treatment of persons as ends.
Where it is assessed
Component 1
Philosophy of religion and ethics, sat by everyone.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Bentham's Principle of UtilityRecall questions on the basis on which Bentham judges an action and on intensity, certainty and the other measures of the hedonic calculus.Open →
- Kant's Categorical Imperative and Religious EthicsRecall questions on why Kant is deontological, the formulations of the categorical imperative and the good will, his postulates of God, freedom and immortality, and where Kant and Bentham meet religious ethics.Open →
- Bentham and Kant ComparedRecall questions on Bentham's consequentialist principle of utility and Kant's deontological duty, how the two differ on the foundations of morality, and where each agrees or conflicts with religious ethics.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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In Bentham's hedonic calculus, what does 'intensity' measure?
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What does 'propinquity' mean in Bentham's hedonic calculus?
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Define Kant's categorical imperative.
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According to Kant, what gives an action moral worth?
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Why did Kant argue that morality must be based on reason alone, and how might this conflict with religious ethics?
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What is the principle of utility according to Bentham?
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According to Kant, from what source are moral laws derived?
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How do Bentham and Kant differ regarding whose perspective determines moral value?
Process
State the principle of utility, and explain certainty and fecundity.
Process
State the two formulations of the categorical imperative and contrast them with hypothetical ones.
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The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
The hedonic calculus vs Higher and lower pleasures
The hedonic calculus: Bentham's method of weighing pleasure by intensity, duration, certainty and the rest. Higher and lower pleasures: Mill's distinction ranking intellectual pleasures above bodily ones.
Categorical imperative vs Hypothetical imperative
Categorical imperative: a command binding unconditionally regardless of what one wants. Hypothetical imperative: a command binding only if one wants the end it serves.
The formula of universal law vs The formula of humanity
The formula of universal law: act only on a maxim you could will to be a universal law. The formula of humanity: treat humanity always as an end and never merely as a means.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
On what basis does Bentham's utilitarianism judge whether an action is morally right or wrong?
Model answer
By its consequences, specifically the amount of pleasure or pain it produces for all those affected.
- 2
State Bentham's principle of utility.
Model answer
The right action is the one that produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
- 3
In Bentham's hedonic calculus, what does 'intensity' measure?
Model answer
How strong or powerful the pleasure is.
- 4
In the hedonic calculus, what does 'certainty' assess?
Model answer
How likely or probable it is that the pleasure will occur.
- 5
What does 'propinquity' mean in Bentham's hedonic calculus?
Model answer
How near or remote the pleasure is in time (how soon it will be experienced).
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Explain what 'fecundity' measures in Bentham's hedonic calculus.
Model answer
The likelihood that the pleasure will be followed by more pleasures of the same kind.
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Bentham and Kant revision questions
- What does Bentham and Kant cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 3 subtopics: bentham's principle of utility, kant's categorical imperative and religious ethics and bentham and kant compared. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Bentham and Kant organised?
- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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