Topic checklist
PRE
Question Red Amber Green
Augustine
Critically assess Augustine’s interpretation of the Genesis.
How persuasive are Augustine’s teachings on the Fall and Original
Sin?
To what extent are Augustine’s views on grace persuasive?
Assess Augustine’s views on the impact of the Fall on human
nature.
Assess Augustine’s views on the impact of the Fall on human
society.
There is no such thing as a distinctive human nature.
Augustine’s teachings on human nature are very pessimistic.
Humans can never be morally good on their own.
Critically assess Augustine’s teachings on human nature before the
Fall.
Ancient Philosophical Influences
Critically assess Plato’s Form of the Good.
Assess Aristotle’s four causes.
Critically assess the ideas put forward in Plato’s analogy of the
cave.
Critically compare Plato’s Form of the Good with Aristotle’s Prime
Mover.
Aristotle’s reliance on empiricism is not persuasive.
Plato’s reliance on reason is not persuasive.
To what extent is the idea of the Prime Mover persuasive?
Critically assess Plato’s views on the world of the Forms.
Aristotle’s empirical approach is more reliable than Plato’s rational
, approach.
Soul, mind and body
Materialism is more persuasive than substance dualism.
To what extent does Plato successfully explain the relationship
between the mind and the body?
There is no such thing as a soul.
Drawing a distinction between the mind and the body involves a
category error.
The soul is best understood as a metaphor rather than as reality.
Critically assess Aristotle’s views on the soul.
Critically assess Descartes views on the soul.
Critically assess Pluto’s views on the soul.
Euthanasia
SE is not a helpful approach to euthanasia.
Quality of life principle is useful when debating issues of
euthanasia.
NML is a more convincing approach to euthanasia than SE.
There is a significant moral difference between acting to end a life
and not acting to prolong a life.
Non-voluntary euthanasia is never acceptable.
Voluntary euthanasia is morally acceptable.
Individuals should be given autonomy to decide when their lives
should end.
NML is a helpful approach to euthanasia.
Sanctity of life has no place in 21st century medical ethics.
Natural Moral Law
“Natural law theory succeeds because it takes human nature
seriously.”
Discuss whether, if at all, the DoDE can be used to justify an action
.
‘The universe was designed with a telos’
PRE
Question Red Amber Green
Augustine
Critically assess Augustine’s interpretation of the Genesis.
How persuasive are Augustine’s teachings on the Fall and Original
Sin?
To what extent are Augustine’s views on grace persuasive?
Assess Augustine’s views on the impact of the Fall on human
nature.
Assess Augustine’s views on the impact of the Fall on human
society.
There is no such thing as a distinctive human nature.
Augustine’s teachings on human nature are very pessimistic.
Humans can never be morally good on their own.
Critically assess Augustine’s teachings on human nature before the
Fall.
Ancient Philosophical Influences
Critically assess Plato’s Form of the Good.
Assess Aristotle’s four causes.
Critically assess the ideas put forward in Plato’s analogy of the
cave.
Critically compare Plato’s Form of the Good with Aristotle’s Prime
Mover.
Aristotle’s reliance on empiricism is not persuasive.
Plato’s reliance on reason is not persuasive.
To what extent is the idea of the Prime Mover persuasive?
Critically assess Plato’s views on the world of the Forms.
Aristotle’s empirical approach is more reliable than Plato’s rational
, approach.
Soul, mind and body
Materialism is more persuasive than substance dualism.
To what extent does Plato successfully explain the relationship
between the mind and the body?
There is no such thing as a soul.
Drawing a distinction between the mind and the body involves a
category error.
The soul is best understood as a metaphor rather than as reality.
Critically assess Aristotle’s views on the soul.
Critically assess Descartes views on the soul.
Critically assess Pluto’s views on the soul.
Euthanasia
SE is not a helpful approach to euthanasia.
Quality of life principle is useful when debating issues of
euthanasia.
NML is a more convincing approach to euthanasia than SE.
There is a significant moral difference between acting to end a life
and not acting to prolong a life.
Non-voluntary euthanasia is never acceptable.
Voluntary euthanasia is morally acceptable.
Individuals should be given autonomy to decide when their lives
should end.
NML is a helpful approach to euthanasia.
Sanctity of life has no place in 21st century medical ethics.
Natural Moral Law
“Natural law theory succeeds because it takes human nature
seriously.”
Discuss whether, if at all, the DoDE can be used to justify an action
.
‘The universe was designed with a telos’
