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Course summary

The course is wide ranging and interesting looking at some of the deepest questions to ever face humanity – What is the truth? Does God exist? Do we know the meaning and purpose of existence? How do we know the right thing to do? Should we allow euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment and animal experimentation? Are there two sides to the story? Furthermore, the course explores the implications of artificial intelligence in ethics – taking you into cutting edge territory. In terms of techniques and skills the two main assessment objectives are Knowledge (AO1) and Analysis / Evaluation (AO2). More weight is given to evaluation as it is a higher level skill. In the second paper Christianity is analysed and any pupil with a strong background/ knowledge in Christianity would have an advantage although the course is designed for all to do well.