Religious Studies

Course summary

Philosophy • The argument from design • The cosmological argument • The ontological argument • The Argument from experience • The problem of evil • Solutions to the problem of evil • Religious Language • Criticism of religious beliefs • Views on life After death • Religion and Science Ethics • Environmental issues • Equality • Utilitarianism • Situation Ethics • Natural law • War and Peace • Sexual Ethics • Metaethics • Relationship between religion and morality • Deontology and Virtue Ethics • Medical Ethics Religion (Buddhism) • The 4 Noble Truths • The 3 Marks and 5 Skandhas • The 3 Refuges • The 5 Precepts • The Life of the Buddha • The Tipitaka • Theravada Buddhism • The spread of Buddhism • Rise of Triratna Buddhism • The role of women in Buddhism • The Boddhisattva Doctrine • Ahimsa in the modern world