OCR Philosophy and ethics AS

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  1. elwoodc's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    (Original post by SarahhhD)
    Virtue Ethics is the Devils work according to my Teacher.
    haha my teahcer loved virtue theory, and saved it espesially for his ofstead inspection cos he loved teaching it :P
    still don't get it though....:rolleyes:
  2. SarahhhD's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    (Original post by elwoodc)
    haha my teahcer loved virtue theory, and saved it espesially for his ofstead inspection cos he loved teaching it :P
    still don't get it though....:rolleyes:
    My teacher seams to think atleast one section of every 1/2 unit is rubbish.
  3. T-o dore's Avatar
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    lol our teacher didnt even teach us meta ethics or judeochristian God. taught myself tho. 4 DAYS TO GO PEOPLE!!! Im going over all topics from all subjects quickly now, then will do the same in a lil more depth tomoz, then the same on sunday. Then history on monday, p+e on tuesday and drama on wednesday. Thursday = PARTY
  4. elwoodc's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    (Original post by T-o dore)
    lol our teacher didnt even teach us meta ethics or judeochristian God. taught myself tho. 4 DAYS TO GO PEOPLE!!! Im going over all topics from all subjects quickly now, then will do the same in a lil more depth tomoz, then the same on sunday. Then history on monday, p+e on tuesday and drama on wednesday. Thursday = PARTY
    hahaha thats pretty much my plan too except my parties start on wednesday! hehe
  5. Of the Standard of Taste's Avatar
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    Do the OCR exam bord read the essay and give you a mark out of 33 , someone told me that they dont point mark , how does that work out ?
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    Situation ethics is harder then it looks.
    In a nutshell-
    There are four presumptions:
    Pragmatism - The action should work
    Relativism - Reject absolutes
    Positivism - Love is the most important
    Personalism - People should be put first

    Then there are six key principles-
    1) Agape love is the only absolute good
    2)Agape love taught by jesus
    3)Follow from love
    4) Love has no faviortes
    5)Love is the final end not the means to an end
    6) The most loving thing todo depends on the situation
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    (Original post by Jack Sparrow)
    Situation ethics is harder then it looks.
    In a nutshell-
    There are four presumptions:
    Pragmatism - The action should work
    Relativism - Reject absolutes
    Positivism - Love is the most important
    Personalism - People should be put first

    Then there are six key principles-
    1) Agape love is the only absolute good
    2)Agape love taught by jesus
    3)Follow from love
    4) Love has no faviortes
    5)Love is the final end not the means to an end
    6) The most loving thing todo depends on the situation
    But all you need todo is take 2 presumptions and 2 principles then talk and compare relativism to absoltism and I am sure with that you can get A and stick fletecher in there too...sorted.
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    bugger
    I cant find any quotes =|
  9. Of the Standard of Taste's Avatar
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    (Original post by user_01332)
    But all you need todo is take 2 presumptions and 2 principles then talk and compare relativism to absoltism and I am sure with that you can get A and stick fletecher in there too...sorted.
    Thats true , i was about to learn all of them
  10. SarahhhD's Avatar
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    (Original post by Jack Sparrow)
    Do the OCR exam bord read the essay and give you a mark out of 33 , someone told me that they dont point mark , how does that work out ?
    they judge how good the essay is, genrally.
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    (Original post by SarahhhD)
    bugger
    I cant find any quotes =|
    what/whos quotes are you looking for
  12. SarahhhD's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    (Original post by Jack Sparrow)
    what/whos quotes are you looking for
    Arguments for gods Existance =|
    bar ontological, The definition of god Quoye (god is that which..." is good enough.
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    God is that than which nothing greater can be concieved - Anselm, Proslogion
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    (Original post by T-o dore)
    God is that than which nothing greater can be concieved - Anselm, Proslogion
    Proslogion 2
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    (Original post by Jack Sparrow)
    Proslogion 2
    and in proslogian 3 he argued that god is a special case.
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    I hate, hate, hate the way they mark the phil/ethic exams. Maybe it's the scientist in me, but just getting a general impression on the state of the essay doesn't cut it for me.
  17. Banality's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    I have fallen into the lazy ditch... one that i'm crawling out of today :P...
    Erm got my revision book packed with quotes... Got every essay question for the last 5-6 years from my teachers, not coming in on Monday. Work my arse of for two full days, just need to memorise bits and practice writing fast 100-200 word answers which are relevant.
  18. T-o dore's Avatar
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    u have two days lol gd luck.
  19. Ekpyrotic's Avatar
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    Guys. In your essays how much do you usually write?
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    Re: OCR Philosophy and ethics AS
    i have barely revised for any of the modules on tuesday, i have no idea what the hell i am going to do in the exam
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