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Arguments for and against euthanasia including case studies: Slippery slope, Hippocratic oath, Palliative care. Application of each normative ethical theory to euthanasia: Natural Moral Law, Virtue Ethics, Situation Ethics. Evaluation of each normative ethical theory's application to euthanasia referring to academic scholars to strengthen arguments.

Arguments for and against various types of genetic engineering: embryo research, cloning and designer babies. Application of each normative ethical theory to genetic engineering: Natural Moral Law, Virtue Ethics, Situation Ethics. Evaluation of each normative ethical theory's application to genetic engineering referring to academic scholars to strengthen arguments.

Revision notes including detailed explanation and evaluation of the normative ethical theories outlined on the AQA RS A-Level syllabus: natural moral law, virtue ethics and situation ethics.

Normative Ethical Theories: Teleological Approaches 1 - Defining Teleological 2- Situation Ethics - Fletcher's Aims - 4 Working Principles - 6 Fundamental Principles - Christian Teachings 3 - Evaluation of Situation Ethics

Normal Ethical Theories: Person-Centred Approaches 1 - Defining Person-Centred 2 - Virtue-Ethics - The Function Argument - Moral Virtues - The Golden Mean - Role Models - Intrinsic Goodness 3 - Evaluation of Virtue Ethics

Normative Ethical Theories: Deontological Approaches 1 - Defining Deontology 2 - Natural Moral Law - Primary Precepts - Secondary Precepts - Doctrine of Double Effect 3 - Proportionalism 4 - Evaluation of Deontological Approaches

Does disability have a value? Is it always a bad thing? If it has some negative consequences, but is not overall bad is it a bad-difference or a mere-difference? These notes cover: Bad-Difference views of disability - Impact of disability on wellbeing - Objections Mere-Difference view of disability - Local/global goods and bads - Good / bad / neutral simplicter - Barnes' Value-Neutral model - Evaluation Issues of Causing & Removing Disability in relation to the value of disabili...

Notes on the various social constructionist accounts of disability including: The Social Model The Social Exclusion Model Haslangerian Account of Disability Barnes' Solidarity Account Marginalised Functioning

Intersectionality of race, gender and class in the prison industrial complex, focusing on Angela Davis' critique of Foucault's power analysis: Racialisation of Punishment - Punishment in slavery - After slavery's 'abolition' - Criminalisation of POC communities Gendering of Punishment - Gendered character of punishment - Notion Feminine criminality - Incarceration beyond the prison system - Hyper-sexualisation of female prisoners Intersection of Gender & Race in Punishment ...

Foucault - Modern disciplinary power - 3 techniques of control - Analysis of power The Panopticon - Bentham / Foucault on the Panopticon - Discipline - Normalisation - Shift in power