OCR A Level Religious Studies Religion and ethics H573/02 - 14 Jun 2022 [Exam Chat]

Original post by barless1

Given Paper 1 was all specific questions within the topics i expect they'll do a similar thing, e.g. aquinas' view of conscience, intuitionism specifically, kantian view of sexual ethics, utilitarian approach to euthanasia. idk though, thats just what i expect

Utilitarianism and euthanasia? I thought euthanasia could only be linked to natural law or situation ethics

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barless1

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You might be right, i probably could have paid more attention in that topic lol

Original post by s.Ellie

Utilitarianism and euthanasia? I thought euthanasia could only be linked to natural law or situation ethics

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crybabyellie

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what are people thinking will come up? any predictions?

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Original post by crybabyellie

what are people thinking will come up? any predictions?

I'm hoping meta ethics will be intuitionism but no predictions honestly

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hiiiiiiye2ue89

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Yh that's correct, only NML and SE to Euthanasia its Sexual Ethics that has all 4 normative ethical theories

Original post by s.Ellie

Utilitarianism and euthanasia? I thought euthanasia could only be linked to natural law or situation ethics

OP

How did the exam go?

Original post by Mythical Pingu

How did the exam go?

I think it went well, the questions were really good actually

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Joe312

What were the questions?

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xxtxfxx

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Original post by Joe312

What were the questions?

1. Relevance of the sanctity of life to euthanasia
2. Whether ethical terms such as good, bad, right, wrong are meaningless
3. Assessing utilitarianism in sexual ethics
4. Comparing Aquinas and Freud on conscience + its effects on moral decision-making

(paraphrased of course, I can’t remember the exact wording)

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glowing_starfish

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Original post by Mythical Pingu

How did the exam go?

For me it went much better than philosophy surprisingly considering that I revised much less, proving quality is better than quantity. I found meta and euthanasia great but struggled a bit on conscience as I didn’t have enough time to write everything down so had to leave it as a two perel essay.

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Joe312

Original post by xxtxfxx

1. Relevance of the sanctity of life to euthanasia
2. Whether ethical terms such as good, bad, right, wrong are meaningless
3. Assessing utilitarianism in sexual ethics
4. Comparing Aquinas and Freud on conscience + its effects on moral decision-making

(paraphrased of course, I can’t remember the exact wording)

Thanks - those all seem pretty decent.

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Rara345

Went quite well! Even though the questions were applied I found them more open ended then philosophy- was able to bring in much more to my answers.
For the sanctity of life question what did people do?

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Rara345

Original post by xxtxfxx

1. Relevance of the sanctity of life to euthanasia
2. Whether ethical terms such as good, bad, right, wrong are meaningless
3. Assessing utilitarianism in sexual ethics
4. Comparing Aquinas and Freud on conscience + its effects on moral decision-making

(paraphrased of course, I can’t remember the exact wording)

I think question 3 was like “utilitarianism is the only ethical theory that should be used for decisions surrounding sexual ethics”
which questions did you do? :0)

(edited 1 year ago)

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Original post by Rara345

Went quite well! Even though the questions were applied I found them more open ended then philosophy- was able to bring in much more to my answers.
For the sanctity of life question what did people do?

P1 - Aquinas and why sanctity of life is relevant but then evaluated against it

P2 - Fletcher and why sanctity of life isn’t as relevant as factors like autonomy + evaluation + counter evaluation

P3 - Sanctity of Life Vs Quality of life + Eval

P4 - Autonomy/Quality of life aligning with a religious view (E.G. God giving us free will/being omnibenevolent) + Eval + Counter Eval

So quality of life/autonomy can align with a secular & theological approach to euthanasia, whereas sanctity of life is only good with a theological approach that is now outdated with modern medical ethics

(edited 1 year ago)

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Rara345

Original post by s.Ellie

P1 - Aquinas and why sanctity of life is relevant but then evaluated against it

P2 - Fletcher and why sanctity of life isn’t as relevant as factors like autonomy + evaluation + counter evaluation

P3 - Sanctity of Life Vs Quality of life + Eval

P4 - Autonomy/Quality of life aligning with a religious view (E.G. God giving us free will/being omnibenevolent) + Eval + Counter Eval

So quality of life/autonomy can align with a secular & theological approach to euthanasia, whereas sanctity of life is only good with a theological approach that is now outdated with modern medical ethics

Ooooo nice :smile:

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hiiiiiiye2ue89

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Original post by s.Ellie

P1 - Aquinas and why sanctity of life is relevant but then evaluated against it

P2 - Fletcher and why sanctity of life isn’t as relevant as factors like autonomy + evaluation + counter evaluation

P3 - Sanctity of Life Vs Quality of life + Eval

P4 - Autonomy/Quality of life aligning with a religious view (E.G. God giving us free will/being omnibenevolent) + Eval + Counter Eval

So quality of life/autonomy can align with a secular & theological approach to euthanasia, whereas sanctity of life is only good with a theological approach that is now outdated with modern medical ethics

That sounds good, I went for a v. Different approach but I guess that’s what’s nice about RS, I went for Aquinas and NML & strong sanctity with veal about needless suffering, then literalist criticism into Fletcher with Weak Sanctity of life and Situation ethics and then weak sanctity of life with the idea of Quality of life as an alternative and then eval to show that weak sanctity is better due to slippery slope and a bit more eval.

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