Islam: Dialogue with Ethics | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Islam: Dialogue with Ethics
- 61 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 2: Islam, one religion of five
- Component 2
Islam: how ethical studies and the tradition have shaped one another.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Islam as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Islam: Dialogue with Ethics
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Deontological and Teleological Ethics beside Islam
What is the central concern of virtue ethics?
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Developing good character traits rather than following rules or calculating consequences. -
Deontological and Teleological Ethics beside Islam
What does mubah refer to in the Shari'ah classification of actions?
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Permitted actions that are morally neutral. -
Muslim Responses to Ethical Issues
What deontological and teleological elements are present in Muslim ethics on marriage?
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Deontological elements include following Qur'anic commands; teleological considerations include family welfare and social stability. -
Muslim Responses to Ethical Issues
Which hadith is used to condemn causing animals pointless harm?
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The Prophet cursed anyone who uses a living creature as a target, which scholars apply to cruelty for sport or for trivial purposes. -
Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in Islam
What did the Islamic Fiqh Academy decide about brain death in 1986?
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Meeting in Amman, it accepted that the irreversible loss of all brain function, confirmed by specialists, counts as death, so life support may then be switched off. -
Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in Islam
What did the International Islamic Fiqh Academy rule on human cloning in 1997?
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At its session in Jeddah it declared human cloning forbidden by any method that leads to human reproduction. -
Wealth, Tolerance, Free Will and Evaluation
What informs conscience in Muslim moral decision-making?
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Fitrah (innate nature), Qur'anic teaching, and prophetic example. -
Wealth, Tolerance, Free Will and Evaluation
How can Muslim ethics respond to secular challenges?
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By emphasising the wisdom behind divine commands and the long-term benefits of following Shari'ah.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Deontological and Teleological Ethics beside Islam | Recall questions on what defines deontological ethics, the principle behind Kant's, and how teleological and consequentialist theories judge an action. | 14 |
| Muslim Responses to Ethical Issues | Recall questions on the ethical frameworks used to assess Muslim responses to life and death, animals, theft and lying, marriage, homosexuality, transgender issues and genetic engineering. | 13 |
| Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in Islam | Muslim responses to euthanasia and withdrawing life support, capital punishment through qisas and hudud, and human cloning, embryo selection and sex selection, drawing on the Qur'an, hadith and the rulings of Islamic jurists' councils. | 16 |
| Wealth, Tolerance, Free Will and Evaluation | Recall questions on wealth, tolerance and religious expression, the Mutazili and Ashari accounts of free will and kasb, conscience, and how Muslim ethics compares with Kant, Bentham, virtue ethics and secular challenges. | 18 |
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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