AQA Philosophy A2 June 2013

Oh, no, I think what you have should be fine! I think different centres teach different things, but as long as it's relevant to the question, I'm sure whatever you write will be fine! I'll just send you the essay now :biggrin:

Please can you PM me this essay too, sounds so good! :colondollar:

Reply 181

PhilosopherKing

hey u see the meta ethics section what are the list of possible questions or like topics , I have emotivism and relativism on denial of moral truth , moral truth as transcendent , moral truth as based on natural facts , and relational properties ? what exactly is that ?

Reply 182

Lingo-Flamingo

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Original post by millie-rose

Please can you PM me this essay too, sounds so good! :colondollar:

Sure, I'll send it to you now! :biggrin:

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Reply 183

CrazyGal95

Does anyone think distributive justice may come up? i'm praying to God it does it's the easiest topic for me personally..

Reply 184

jonny_page

Are there moral truths and if so what is their nature? This question encourages students to consider a range of possibilities, from moral truth as based on transcendent Platonic forms to the denial of moral truth altogether.
Students will need to consider whether moral decisions should be made in terms of consequences alone, or whether moral rights, duties and principles, which have intrinsic value independent of consequences, are paramount.

That's direct from the spec, how can there not be a question on decisions?! It wouldn't make any sense, I think there has to be one on moral truth and one on decisions.

Reply 185

Lingo-Flamingo

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Original post by CrazyGal95

Does anyone think distributive justice may come up? i'm praying to God it does it's the easiest topic for me personally..

I was really hoping it wouldn't at first, but now I actually think it might be quite a nice question to write about in the exam! It's definitely possible that it will come up (although I suppose that's true of everything really!) - the last question on it was in June 2011. The examiners also might try and put a spin on the traditional social justice question, by combining it with the topic on rights, so something like 'To what extent are social justice theories compatible with the idea of natural rights?' perhaps :confused:

Then again, it might be on something completely different, but I guess we'll find out soon enough! :tongue:

Reply 186

cmargerison

Original post by Lingo-Flamingo

I could PM you the essay that I wrote about miracles if you want? :smile:

It's not comprehensive, and I didn't get full marks for it or anything, but it might be helpful just to see the structure?
Would you be able to give me some pointers on the religious language topic? I don't enjoy that one very much...

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Yes yes yes please!! And I will PM you some notes later today. :biggrin:

Reply 187

CrazyGal95

Original post by Lingo-Flamingo

I was really hoping it wouldn't at first, but now I actually think it might be quite a nice question to write about in the exam! It's definitely possible that it will come up (although I suppose that's true of everything really!) - the last question on it was in June 2011. The examiners also might try and put a spin on the traditional social justice question, by combining it with the topic on rights, so something like 'To what extent are social justice theories compatible with the idea of natural rights?' perhaps :confused:

Then again, it might be on something completely different, but I guess we'll find out soon enough! :tongue:

Yeah you could be right..but with AQA you never know whats gonna come up! I would be happy with a question on justice or rights though I think

Reply 188

Lingo-Flamingo

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Original post by cmargerison

Yes yes yes please!! And I will PM you some notes later today. :biggrin:

That'd be great - thank you so much! I'll send you the essay now :biggrin:

Original post by CrazyGal95

Yeah you could be right..but with AQA you never know whats gonna come up! I would be happy with a question on justice or rights though I think

That's true! It's good just to revise everything, I think :smile:

Reply 189

cmargerison

Original post by Lingo-Flamingo

That'd be great - thank you so much! I'll send you the essay now :biggrin:

Thanks!! I'll PM you some notes now. :biggrin:

Reply 190

millie-rose

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Is there a difference between Human Rights and Natural Rights?

Reply 191

moffintop

Original post by Lingo-Flamingo

I can PM you an essay I wrote about rights if you like? :smile:

I talked mainly about Locke, Kant, Bentham and Marx, I think.

Could you pleaseee pm me the message too ??? Stressing so much about political philosophy so would be such a help ! :biggrin:

Reply 192

username987102

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The exam is tomorrow. Oh god I have never been more scared than I am now. I'm doing Epistemology and Metaphysics and Political Philosophy then Plato. I god i want to cry.

Reply 193

Lingo-Flamingo

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Original post by moffintop

Could you pleaseee pm me the message too ??? Stressing so much about political philosophy so would be such a help ! :biggrin:

I'll send it to you now! :biggrin:

Reply 194

kay141

Original post by Lingo-Flamingo

I'll send it to you now! :biggrin:

please please send this to me too?! i really hope rights comes up! My teacher said they could ask 2 meta ethics q's and i literally know nothing about that!! need to do super in political so i can make up for my crappy moral essay!!! thank you in advanceeeeee

Reply 195

kay141

so far, with whatever you guys have suggested about moral philosophy, could anyone doing it explain how to plan the question?! for example if something on moral truths as relational properties comes up, what areas would you guys develop this answer in! i know most of the content well enough, but it's planning the essays/ knowing how to fit the content in that i struggle with?!

Reply 196

CrazyGal95

Original post by millie-rose

Is there a difference between Human Rights and Natural Rights?

human rights are independent of religious belief whereas natural rights are God-given

Reply 197

Lingo-Flamingo

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Original post by kay141

please please send this to me too?! i really hope rights comes up! My teacher said they could ask 2 meta ethics q's and i literally know nothing about that!! need to do super in political so i can make up for my crappy moral essay!!! thank you in advanceeeeee