This A-level course offers a hugely exciting and challenging specification which provides a critical approach to the consideration of moral, philosophical and theological issues. Students study the theories of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Ayer, Freud, Marx and Boff. Students are encouraged to present arguments with precision allowing them to think clearly and to argue convincingly about deeply interesting questions. We aim to enable students to think rationally, lucidly, independently and critically, to discuss intelligently, and to argue cogently. As important as the questions are, so is the process of learning to answer them. Philosophy, ethics and theology is the ultimate ‘transferable work skill.’ We are often asked what philosophy can be used for - the answer is ‘absolutely anything’! We study medical ethics which can be directly useful for medical students but all our work requires the analysis and construction of complex arguments, indisposable for a variety of future careers including law, business and technology and highly valued by top universities around the world. Course structure: Philosophy of Religion • Ancient philosophical influences (Plato and Aristotle) • Arguments about the existence or nonexistence of God • The nature of experience • Mind-body problem • Post-mortem existence • Ideas about the nature of God • Language Ethics • Normative ethical theories • Applied ethics • Ethical language • Conscience and free will • Wider influence of ethical thought • Euthanasia • Business Ethics Theology • Human nature • Christology • Knowledge of God • Bonhoeffer • Secularisation theory • Pluralism • Gender Theology
At least eight GCSEs or IGCSEs graded at 7 or above for entry to our sixth form in the subjects that you are taught at school. For students currently at CLSG, each subject has a standard entry requirement of Grade 7 at GCSE or IGCSE in that subject or a related subject as specified under each subject’s entry in this booklet. A GCSE in RS/ RPE is not required to study this course.
There are three 2-hour exams (one for each paper). Each paper requires the student to choose three out of four essays to answer. There is no coursework.
About School
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | City of London |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender of School | Girls |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £23,778 |
| Address | St Giles' Terrace, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BB |
This A-level course offers a hugely exciting and challenging specification which provides a critical approach to the consideration of moral, philosophical and theological issues. Students study the theories of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Ayer, Freud, Marx and Boff. Students are encouraged to present arguments with precision allowing them to think clearly and to argue convincingly about deeply interesting questions. We aim to enable students to think rationally, lucidly, independently and critically, to discuss intelligently, and to argue cogently. As important as the questions are, so is the process of learning to answer them. Philosophy, ethics and theology is the ultimate ‘transferable work skill.’ We are often asked what philosophy can be used for - the answer is ‘absolutely anything’! We study medical ethics which can be directly useful for medical students but all our work requires the analysis and construction of complex arguments, indisposable for a variety of future careers including law, business and technology and highly valued by top universities around the world. Course structure: Philosophy of Religion • Ancient philosophical influences (Plato and Aristotle) • Arguments about the existence or nonexistence of God • The nature of experience • Mind-body problem • Post-mortem existence • Ideas about the nature of God • Language Ethics • Normative ethical theories • Applied ethics • Ethical language • Conscience and free will • Wider influence of ethical thought • Euthanasia • Business Ethics Theology • Human nature • Christology • Knowledge of God • Bonhoeffer • Secularisation theory • Pluralism • Gender Theology
At least eight GCSEs or IGCSEs graded at 7 or above for entry to our sixth form in the subjects that you are taught at school. For students currently at CLSG, each subject has a standard entry requirement of Grade 7 at GCSE or IGCSE in that subject or a related subject as specified under each subject’s entry in this booklet. A GCSE in RS/ RPE is not required to study this course.
There are three 2-hour exams (one for each paper). Each paper requires the student to choose three out of four essays to answer. There is no coursework.
