Group for those who do OCR A2 Philosophy & Ethics [Post Exam Discussion]

They have consistently asked 2 applied questions on every ethics paper so far, so leaving it out commits you to do the other two questions, which depending how comfortable you are with them could be a bad move.

That said I have no plans to answer an applied question ... but I'm preparing anyway because you never know.

I'm totally not going to get all my revision done by monday.

I was wondering though, for those who are taking both of them, any idea which paper comes first?

I am indeed, seeing as this is the thread for it :') Thanks for the info.

So does this mean that both sexual ethics and business/environment ethics are guaranteed to come up? Could I get away with revising EVERYTHING apart from business/environment ethics?

How likely is miracle to come up in philosophy? I think it's about the only topic I'm reasonably comfortable in

I've just looked at some past papers, and sexual ethics and business/environment ethics have both come up. However, there have never been two questions on business/environment ethics on one exam.

You have got the right stuff down. Bear in mind revelation came up in January 2011 and it is only a small part of the specification. I would be surprised if it came up on this exam.

i was thinking it would be more likely be religious experience which comes up, they don't seem to both come up at once, but i'm not entirely sure on this :/ might cover them both to be save !

Please help me with revelations!
I'm really confused about it all. This is what I can deduce from it. Could someone please read it, and let me know if I'm on the right track and if I'm missing anything important? Also any more evaluative ideas would be great.... THANK YOU

If we assume that the Biblical revelations were special revelations, in which way was the information revealed? In philosophy there are two ways in which people understand revelation from God- propositional and non-propositional. Often people hold these views at the same time saying that the Bible is a propositional revelation and other experiences are non propositional revelations.
Propositional revelation
This is when facts are revealed about God. The Bible is seen in this light traditionally, as God revealed info about himself to the writers. Statements of fact are revealed and there is no need for interpretation. The facts revealed cannot be proved by human reasoning.
Evaluating propositional revelation:
• This view holds that the recipient is passive and simply receives the information. Some agree, saying the mind is never truly passive and we have to actively accept knowledge.
BUT God is omnipotent- regardless of if we passively accept the info, he must be able to impart it
The mind can be passive eg. In hypnosis
• It’s hard to know if a propositional revelation is true and genuine
BUT Aquinas says we can accept revelations as genuine if they fit the teachings of the church
• Different religions claim different propositional revelations, and these claims conflict
BUT maybe God is revealing different pieces of the puzzle to each person
Non-propositional revelation
This type of revelation is when God does not reveal facts about himself during revelation, and instead reveals himself in experiences eg. Seeing God in a sunset- We deduce his nature from these experiences. Paley saw the human eye as a non-propositional revelation which revealed info about the creation by God. If the Bible is taken in this light, it means that scripture is meant symbolically and we must accept the writers used metaphors to convey truths. We must interpret what is meant, the Bible is only people’s perceptions of what has happened. Humans are free to respond to these revelations since they are not received passively
Evaluating non-propositional revelation:
• These revelations are not infallible since they require interpretation of events; it’s not as simple as a straightforward fact being revealed.
• The content of revelation is not constant EG not everyone looks at the human eye and feels it to be a revelation from God
• Religious faith based solely on non-propositional revelation from God cannot claim absolute certainty about its belief system since it’s all based on interpretation.

Hey guys,
Can someone define the Freud's super-ego, ego and id for me? I don't really get the textbook's definitions. :/
Thank you in advance.

Two questions:

1.) Can someone please explain which topic that the textbook refers to as "revelation" comes under in the exam? It's all the non-propositional stuff and divine inspiration - I think it's religious experience? Might be wrong

2.) IS it guaranteed that both applied ethics questions will come up (As in the exam board will have 2 questions of it in every paper)? Or is it just coincidence that has happened thus far? I'm wanting to gamble and not revise them, but common sense is that I should do at least one. (Sexual ethics imo is easier)

Thanks for any help.