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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
Issues of Animal Life and Death
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Buddhism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion, Gender and SexualityBuddhism
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
Topic overviewKant, Bentham and Jewish EthicsConsequences, Character and Jewish EthicsThe Mitzvot and Tikkun OlamSanctity of Life, Animals, Theft and LyingCapital Punishment, Euthanasia and Cloning in JudaismMarriage, Sexuality and Genetic EngineeringWealth, Tolerance and Religious Freedom in JudaismBechirah Chofshit: Free Will and ConscienceOther Ethical Traditions and Jewish EthicsWhat Ethical Criticism Means for Torah and Halakha
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
Buddhism: Religion and Science
- 1 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 2
- Buddhism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Buddhism: Religion and Science covers
Buddhism: how scientific method and discovery have shaped belief, and where they conflict. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Buddhism as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Buddhism, one faith of five — the study of religion.
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What you need to know
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What are the different Buddhist responses to the challenge science poses to miracles?
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What has the 14th Dalai Lama stated Buddhism should do if scientific analysis conclusively demonstrated certain Buddhist claims to be false?
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In what way has science acted as a stimulus to Buddhist ethics?
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How has scientific explanation challenged the traditional Buddhist belief in karma?
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How do some Buddhists respond to the scientific challenge to karma?
Process
How did the Buddha treat metaphysical speculation, and where do Buddhism and physics converge?
Process
Which sciences engage Buddhism most, how are they related, and what ethical concerns arise?
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Dependent origination vs Causation in science
Dependent origination: the teaching that all phenomena arise in dependence on conditions. Causation in science: the empirical relation by which one event brings about another.
Empiricism vs Faith
Empiricism: the position that knowledge comes from experience and testing. Faith: trust in a teaching that is not itself established by experiment.
Conflict model vs Complementarity model
Conflict model: the view that religion and science are necessarily at odds. Complementarity model: the view that they answer different kinds of question.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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In what two ways has science influenced Buddhism's approach to establishing truth?
Model answer
Through its emphasis on evidence and reason as methods for establishing truth.
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How have specific scientific discoveries affected Buddhist thought?
Model answer
They have influenced Buddhist thought and prompted Buddhist responses to new findings and theories.
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In what way has science acted as a stimulus to Buddhist ethics?
Model answer
By raising new moral questions that require Buddhist ethical thinking and responses.
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How has scientific explanation challenged the traditional Buddhist belief in karma?
Model answer
By offering alternative causal explanations for events and circumstances that were traditionally attributed to karma.
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How do some Buddhists respond to the scientific challenge to karma?
Model answer
By arguing that karma operates on a different level of causation than physical science addresses.
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Why does scientific explanation pose a challenge to Buddhist belief in miracles?
Model answer
Because science provides naturalistic explanations for phenomena that were traditionally understood as miraculous.
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- 1 subtopics: buddhism and science. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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