Christianity: Dialogue with Ethics | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Christianity: Dialogue with Ethics
- 145 questions
- 12 subtopics
- Component 2: Christianity, one religion of five
- Component 2
Christianity: how ethical studies and the tradition have shaped one another.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Christianity as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Christianity: Dialogue with Ethics
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Kant, Bentham, Virtue Ethics and Christian Ethics
Explain the principle of 'the greatest happiness for the greatest number'.
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The utilitarian standard that the morally correct action is the one that produces the maximum total happiness across all those affected. -
Agape, Consequences and Christian Character
Why is the imitation of Christ relevant to character-based ethics?
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Christians are called to model their character on Christ's example, developing virtues through following his pattern of life. -
Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in Christianity
What position have Church of England bishops generally taken on legalising assisted dying?
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They have generally opposed it, arguing that no safeguards can fully protect vulnerable people and that the law should affirm the value of every life. -
Theft and Truth-Telling
How is truth-telling understood as a duty in Christian ethics?
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Christians are called to speak truthfully as a reflection of God's nature and as essential to trust and community. -
Genetic Engineering and Wealth
How does stewardship of creation relate to genetic engineering?
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Christians may view responsible genetic research as part of caring for creation, while being cautious about interventions that harm or exploit. -
Tolerance and Freedom of Religious Expression
What challenges does the secular state context pose for religious expression?
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Secular states may restrict religious expression in public spaces or require compliance with laws that conflict with religious convictions. -
Criticisms of Christian Ethics
How does Kantian respect for persons support Christian ethics?
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Kant's emphasis on treating persons as ends with inherent dignity aligns with Christian teaching on human beings as made in God's image. -
The Credibility of Christian Moral Authority
How is biblical authority challenged by ethical criticisms?
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Critics argue that morally problematic passages undermine claims that the Bible is divinely inspired or morally authoritative.
The 12 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Kant, Bentham, Virtue Ethics and Christian Ethics | Recall questions on Kant's categorical imperative, Bentham's utility and virtue ethics, and on whether Christian ethics is deontological through commandments and natural law or teleological through salvation and the kingdom. | 20 |
| Agape, Consequences and Christian Character | Recall questions on Fletcher's agape-based consequentialism and its tension with absolute rules, and on the fruits of the Spirit, imitation of Christ, sanctification and Aquinas as character-based Christian ethics. | 8 |
| Sanctity of Life, Just War and Animals | Recall questions on the sanctity of life and the unborn, just war theory and weapons of mass destruction, and on dominion, stewardship and welfare in Christian thinking about animals. | 17 |
| Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in Christianity | Christian responses to euthanasia and assisted suicide, capital punishment, and cloning and designer babies, covering Catholic teaching and double effect, Anglican positions, the 2018 change to the Catechism and differing Protestant views. | 16 |
| Theft and Truth-Telling | Recall questions on the eighth and ninth commandments, property rights and justice in responses to theft, and truth-telling as a duty beside Kant's view and consequentialist exceptions. | 8 |
| Marriage, Homosexuality and Transgender Issues | Recall questions on marriage as sacrament and covenant, traditional and revisionist views of homosexuality with natural law and virtue ethics, and created order, pastoral and dignity arguments on transgender issues. | 12 |
| Genetic Engineering and Wealth | Recall questions on the playing God objection, therapy and enhancement, stewardship and the consequentialist case for genetic engineering, and on materialism, possessions and liberation theology in views of wealth. | 8 |
| Tolerance and Freedom of Religious Expression | Recall questions on love of neighbour, truth claims and the limits of tolerance in a pluralist society, and on human rights, the secular state, conscience protections and competing rights in religious freedom. | 8 |
| Free Will, Moral Responsibility and Conscience | Recall questions on libertarian and compatibilist free will and predestination, sin, grace and accountability, and conscience as the voice of God in Aquinas and Newman and whether it is fallible. | 12 |
| Criticisms of Christian Ethics | Recall questions on the fallibility of conscience, secular objections to divine command theory, and utilitarian and feminist critiques. | 19 |
| The Credibility of Christian Moral Authority | Recall questions on how historical failures and ethical criticism bear on Christian belief, moral guidance and the authority of scripture. | 8 |
| What Christianity Has Given Ethical Studies | Recall questions on the tension between tradition and progress and on the contributions of natural law, divine command and Christian virtue ethics. | 9 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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