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CCEA AS-Level Religious Studies 4610
An Introduction to the Gospel of LukeAS unit
Topic overviewPalestine at the time of JesusThe Pharisees and the SadduceesThe authorship, date and characteristics of Luke's GospelThe purposes of the Gospel and Luke-Acts as a Christian apologyThe historical accuracy and reliability of Luke's GospelThe annunciations and the births of John and JesusThe shepherds, the Presentation and the boy Jesus in the TempleThe baptism and temptation of JesusThe rejection at Nazareth and controversy with the religious authoritiesThe meaning, purpose and interpretation of parablesThe parables of mercyThe parables of the KingdomThe meaning, purpose and credibility of miraclesHealing, raising and nature miracles in LukeThe call to discipleship, mission and its demandsTeaching to the disciples and the role of PeterSalvation History and the relevance of the Gospel today
An Introduction to the Acts of the ApostlesAS unit
Topic overviewThe authorship of Acts and the 'we' passagesThe date of Acts and challenges to its authorship and accuracyThe purpose, characteristics and context of ActsThe Ascension and the Day of PentecostPeter's speech at Pentecost and the reaction to itThe early church as a fellowship of believersDiscipline in the church and the role of miracles in the spread of the GospelPeter and John: teaching, miracles and oppositionThe seven helpers, Stephen's speech and martyrdomPhilip the evangelist and the mission to SamariaPeter, Cornelius and the mission to the GentilesPeter's escape from prison and the Jerusalem church under HerodPaul's conversion and the three missionary journeysPaul's speeches at Pisidian Antioch and at AthensMission, witness and religious experience in any age
An Introduction to Themes in the Old TestamentAS unit
Topic overviewCovenant: the concept, the Noahic and Abrahamic covenantsThe Mosaic covenant and the DecalogueCovenant failure and the call of IsaiahThe rib: the covenant lawsuit as a literary devicePost-exilic exclusion: Ezra and NehemiahElection, inclusion and the reign of GodThe rise and reign of DavidThe Davidic covenant and Deuteronomistic kingshipThe purpose of the Davidic narrativesThe monarchy, the role of the king and royal propagandaElijah, Elisha and the challenge to royal powerTrue and false prophecyAmos: call, visions and the nature of GodAmos, social justice and the Day of the LordHuman experience: exclusivity, leadership and the prophetic voice
The Origins and Development of the Early Christian Church to AD 325AS unit
Topic overviewThe growth of the early church: religious and political factorsMartyrdom and the martyr accounts: Polycarp, Justin and BlandinaThe causes and effects of persecutionPersecution under Nero and DomitianTrajan, Pliny's letter and Marcus AureliusThe later persecutions: Decius and DiocletianThe origins of baptism in the New TestamentThe development of baptism from the Didache to CyprianThe origins of the Eucharist in the New TestamentThe development of the Eucharist from the Didache to CyprianThe Apostolic Fathers and the life of IgnatiusThe letters of Ignatius and their key themesThe apologists and Justin MartyrConstantine's rise to power and his conversionConstantine's religious policy and the duality of his motives
The Celtic Church in Ireland in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh CenturiesAS unit
Topic overviewIreland before Christianity: politics, society and religionChristianity before Patrick, and the mission of PalladiusPatrick's ConfessioPatrick's Letter to CoroticusPatrick's mission and the portrait his writings giveThe origins of monasticism in IrelandThe monastic foundersThe nature, appeal and distinctive features of Celtic monasticismMonasticism in church and society, and the shift from bishops to abbotsThe development of Celtic penitential practiceThe penitentials of Finnian, Columbanus and CummeanThe impact and value of the penitentialsCeltic hagiography: Muirchú's Patrick and Cogitosus' BrigitThe purpose, reliability and devotional value of hagiographyHuman experience: faith, asceticism, sin and the example of the saints
An Introduction to IslamAS unit
Topic overviewArabia before Islam and the early life of MuhammadThe call to prophethood and the Night of PowerPreaching and persecution in MeccaThe Hijra and the community at MedinaConflict with Mecca and the return to the cityThe death of Muhammad and his continuing significanceThe revelation, collection and compilation of the Qur'anThe structure, language and devotional use of the Qur'anSunnah, hadith and the sources of Islamic authoritySharia, the law schools and systems of governmentShahada, Zakat and the meaning of the pillarsSawm, Ramadan and Eid-ul-FitrHajj and Eid-ul-AdhaSalat, Friday prayer and worship as ibadahThe mosque and its place in Muslim life
Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical EthicsAS unit
Topic overviewThe Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount and the role of moral commandsNarrative ethics, moral absolutes and faith in the public squareNatural moral law: origins and historical developmentNatural moral law: the precepts, key features and proportionalismBentham, Mill and classical utilitarianismSinger, preference utilitarianism and Christian utilitarianismSituation ethics: origins and the moral teaching of Jesus and PaulFletcher's principles, agape and the link with utilitarianismAbortion: circumstances, the moral status of the unborn and personhoodAbortion: the rights of the woman, and religious, secular and feminist viewsTherapeutic abortion, double effect and the slippery slopeEuthanasia: types, autonomy and the acts and omissions doctrineEuthanasia: sanctity of life, quality of life, assisted dying and trustInfertility, IVF, surrogacy and the status of the embryoPGD, embryo research, mitochondrial donation and the HFEA
An Introduction to the Philosophy of ReligionAS unit
Topic overviewReason and faith in the philosophy of religionThe ontological argument: Anselm and DescartesCritiques of the ontological argumentThe cosmological argument: Aquinas's three waysCritiques of the cosmological argumentMoral and natural evil and the problem of sufferingThe Augustinian theodicyThe Irenaean theodicy and Hick's modificationProcess theodicy, Swinburne and the free will defenceDefining miracle: Aquinas, Hume and the BibleMiracle as coincidence and interpretationThe variety of religious experienceReligious experience as proof for God's existenceReason, faith and secularisation in the modern worldEvil, conversion and moral behaviour in the life of the believer
Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics
- 15 subtopics
- 45 things to know
- AS
- Two AS units chosen from eight
What Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics covers
Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics is examined in AS 7, one of the two AS units chosen — area of study: Religion and Ethics. Worth 20% of the A level. A student may not take two units from the same area of study.. It covers the Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount and the role of moral commands, narrative ethics, moral absolutes and faith in the public square, natural moral law: origins and historical development, natural moral law: the precepts, key features and proportionalism, Bentham, Mill and classical utilitarianism, Singer, preference utilitarianism and Christian utilitarianism, situation ethics: origins and the moral teaching of Jesus and Paul, Fletcher's principles, agape and the link with utilitarianism, abortion: circumstances, the moral status of the unborn and personhood, abortion: the rights of the woman, and religious, secular and feminist views, therapeutic abortion, double effect and the slippery slope, euthanasia: types, autonomy and the acts and omissions doctrine, euthanasia: sanctity of life, quality of life, assisted dying and trust, infertility, IVF, surrogacy and the status of the embryo and PGD, embryo research, mitochondrial donation and the HFEA.
Where it is assessed
AS
One of the two AS units chosen, from four areas of study.
Check the CCEA specification ↗The 15 subtopics
Each one has its own page. CCEA AS Religious Studies students sit this topic in the first year.
- The Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount and the role of moral commandsWord Decalogue, apodictic law and antithesis extending a command inwardly.Open →
- Narrative ethics, moral absolutes and faith in the public squareNarrative ethics, moral absolute and ethical relativism.Open →
- Natural moral law: origins and historical developmentFour kinds of law Aquinas distinguishes, eternal law in Aquinas's scheme and divine law.Open →
- Natural moral law: the precepts, key features and proportionalismSynderesis rule, five primary precepts and secondary precept.Open →
- Bentham, Mill and classical utilitarianismPrinciple of utility, greatest happiness principle and seven criteria of the hedonic calculus.Open →
- Singer, preference utilitarianism and Christian utilitarianismPreference utilitarianism, principle of equal consideration of interests and christian utilitarianism.Open →
- Situation ethics: origins and the moral teaching of Jesus and PaulClimate in which situation ethics appeared, three approaches to moral decision making Fletcher distinguishes and legalism as Fletcher uses the term.Open →
- Fletcher's principles, agape and the link with utilitarianismFletcher's four working principles, fletcher's first proposition about intrinsic value and agapeic calculus.Open →
- Abortion: circumstances, the moral status of the unborn and personhoodAbortion as the term is used in ethics, four circumstances in which abortion is commonly requested and moral status of a being.Open →
- Abortion: the rights of the woman, and religious, secular and feminist viewsArgument from bodily autonomy for abortion, judith Jarvis Thomson's violinist analogy and catholic Church's teaching on direct abortion.Open →
- Therapeutic abortion, double effect and the slippery slopeTherapeutic abortion, four conditions of the doctrine of double effect and usual upper time limit for abortion in Great Britain.Open →
- Euthanasia: types, autonomy and the acts and omissions doctrineWord euthanasia, voluntary euthanasia and personal autonomy.Open →
- Euthanasia: sanctity of life, quality of life, assisted dying and trustSanctity of life principle and quality of life argument.Open →
- Infertility, IVF, surrogacy and the status of the embryoWhat happens in in vitro fertilisation, legal position of surrogacy arrangements in the United Kingdom and principle of ownership as it arises in assisted conception.Open →
- PGD, embryo research, mitochondrial donation and the HFEAPre-implantation genetic diagnosis, saviour sibling and designer baby objection.Open →
What you need to know
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Outline what happens in in vitro fertilisation.
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Why do spare embryos present a moral problem?
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Where in the Hebrew Bible is the Decalogue set out?
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What is narrative ethics?
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Which Greek philosopher's account of purpose lies behind natural moral law?
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State the synderesis rule.
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In which work did Bentham set out his ethical theory?
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Define preference utilitarianism.
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Who wrote Situation Ethics: The New Morality, and when?
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Name Fletcher's four working principles.
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Define abortion as the term is used in ethics.
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Which theologian first formulated the doctrine of double effect?
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Define voluntary euthanasia.
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Which biblical ideas are used to support the sanctity of life?
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How does the equal dignity objection apply to embryo selection?
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What does the word Decalogue mean?
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Give one argument for the validity of narrative ethics.
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How did Cicero characterise true law?
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Distinguish a real good from an apparent good.
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Why is Bentham's hedonism called quantitative?
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Define speciesism.
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Name the three approaches to moral decision making Fletcher distinguishes.
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What does Fletcher mean by pragmatism?
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Name four circumstances in which abortion is commonly requested.
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What is the Jewish legal position where the pregnancy threatens the mother's life?
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State the four conditions of the doctrine of double effect.
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Define non-voluntary euthanasia.
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Does Catholic teaching require every possible treatment to be given?
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What is the fourteen-day rule?
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Define apodictic law.
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Define a moral absolute.
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Which theologian gave natural law its classic Christian statement, and in which work?
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Distinguish the interior act from the exterior act.
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Name the seven criteria of the hedonic calculus.
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In which book did Singer bring the interests of animals into utilitarian ethics?
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Why does Fletcher reject legalism?
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What does Fletcher mean by relativism?
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What is meant by the moral status of a being?
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Give the central feminist argument in favour of access to abortion.
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Why does the doctrine of double effect not permit a direct abortion to save the mother?
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Distinguish active from passive euthanasia.
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How does the personhood debate enter the euthanasia question?
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How is infertility usually defined clinically?
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Give the main argument against research on early embryos.
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Questions from this topic
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Where in the Hebrew Bible is the Decalogue set out?
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The Decalogue is set out in Exodus 20 and given again, with small differences of wording, in Deuteronomy 5.
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What does the word Decalogue mean?
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Decalogue means ten words, and is the traditional name for the Ten Commandments given through Moses at Sinai.
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Define apodictic law.
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Apodictic law is unconditional command, such as the prohibition of murder, stated without any qualifying circumstance.
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How does casuistic law differ from apodictic law?
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Casuistic law is case law that states a condition and then the consequence that follows from it, whereas apodictic law commands absolutely and admits no exception.
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In which chapters of Matthew's Gospel is the Sermon on the Mount found?
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The Sermon on the Mount runs from Matthew 5 to Matthew 7.
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What are the Beatitudes?
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The Beatitudes open the Sermon on the Mount and pronounce blessing on groups such as the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful and the peacemakers.
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Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics revision questions
- Is Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics examined at AS in CCEA Religious Studies?
- Yes. It sits in AS, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.
- What does Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics cover in CCEA AS-Level Religious Studies?
- 15 subtopics: the decalogue, the sermon on the mount and the role of moral commands, narrative ethics, moral absolutes and faith in the public square, natural moral law: origins and historical development, natural moral law: the precepts, key features and proportionalism, bentham, mill and classical utilitarianism, singer, preference utilitarianism and christian utilitarianism, situation ethics: origins and the moral teaching of jesus and paul, fletcher's principles, agape and the link with utilitarianism, abortion: circumstances, the moral status of the unborn and personhood, abortion: the rights of the woman, and religious, secular and feminist views, therapeutic abortion, double effect and the slippery slope, euthanasia: types, autonomy and the acts and omissions doctrine, euthanasia: sanctity of life, quality of life, assisted dying and trust, infertility, ivf, surrogacy and the status of the embryo and pgd, embryo research, mitochondrial donation and the hfea. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical Ethics organised?
- By the CCEA 4610 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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