Religious Studies

Course summary

Philosophy: Arguments for the existence of God, Problem of Evil, Religious Experiences, Miracles, Life after Death, Religious Language. Ethics: Meta Ethics, Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Conscience, Natural Moral Law, Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Applied ethics to human and animal life and death. Buddhism: The Life of the Buddha, his enlightenment, teachings and death. The use of the Pali Canon. The Religious Community, Buddhism and Gender, Science, Secularism and Migration.