This resources contains all materials needed for Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. All theories, criticisms and defences are included, alongside relevant exam practice and questions to probe student understanding. For additional activities, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook. Resources includes: Function of the soul Moral responsibility Virtue and vice Doctrine of the Mean The role of practical wisdom/reasoning Eudaimonia Strengths and issues Application to the eight suggested scenarios Please note: any additional materials or images/videos contained herewithin are not owned by me and I claim no ownership of them. Please follow the URL for direction to the original designer/creator.

NON SPECIALIST FRIENDLY PICK UP AND GO LESSON Ethics / Religious Education (RE) / Religious Studies (RS) Topic: Abortion – Religious and Ethical Perspectives This engaging and accessible lesson introduces students to the ethical debate around abortion, with a clear focus on religious teachings and key thinkers. Designed for KS3 or KS4, it supports critical thinking and respectful discussion. What’s included? Multiple Choice DO NOW Quiz to activate prior knowledge Clear explanations of Sanctity of Life vs Quality of Life Comparative analysis of Aquinas (Natural Law) and Fletcher (Situation Ethics) Religious quotes from Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Interactive tasks including MWB recall, video discussion, and colour-coded analysis Current affairs links including Roe v Wade and UK abortion law Structured writing support with model answer and PEEH paragraph guidance Perfect for non-specialists and ideal for cover, revision, or deepening understanding of moral decision-making.

Complete booklet for A level edexcel Philosophy and Ethics - Utilitarianism, natural moral law and situation ethics. Tasks, quotes and key theorists. A step by step lesson guide to aid planning or can be used for stduents to fill in to acomanpy your teaching.

This resource contains all relevant materials for the ‘Meta-Ethics’ section of Moral Philosophy for the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. All theories, criticisms and defences are included alongside exam materials and questions to probe students for deeper thinking. For further activities, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook. Resource includes: Moral Realism Naturalism Innatism Moral Anti-Realism Emotivism Prescriptivism Cognitivism and non-Cognitivism Strengths and issues of these Please note: any additional materials or images/videos use herewithin are not mine and I claim no ownership of them. Please use the URL to direct you to the original designer/creator.

This is a complete resource and unit of work for the IB Philosophy study of the ethics optional unit. This resources covers the ‘normative ethics’ aspect of the specification. It is a complete unit of work inclusive of powerpoints and student booklets to accompany each powerpoint - this greatly encourages student-led learning. It also includes information sheets and an example essay. The unit covers at least 20 hours of teaching (though I usually take a little longer as I teach this from September through to February!). The resource covers six main normative theories, including explanations and evaluation of each one. It includes the points on the specification of moral principles, virtue / character based theories and deontological versus teleological theories, explored through the following theories: Aquinas’ Natural Law Divine Command Theory Utilitarianism Virtue Ethics Kantian Ethics Social Contract Theory If you like this resource, please leave a review. Happy teaching!

Help students understand how their learning in Philosophy/RS prepares them brilliantly for a diverse range of careers. Each job role includes a targeted description for what the subject does for us as workers. A brilliant way of attracting students in the post-AI job-market. There are two versions available, one uses the term ‘Religious Studies’ and one uses the term ‘Philosophy’ throughout. Included careers: Law Tech and AI Academia Government Business Finance Journalism Intelligence Humanitarian Education Marketing Ministry Medicine

Full sequence of lessons introducing students to the key concepts of philosophy and ethics.

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Four pages ETHICAL LANGUAGE – META-ETHICS Definition Do mind-independent moral properties exist? Moral realism Moral anti-realism Cognitivism True/false statements Non-cognitivism Grounding problem NATURALISM Cognitivist + realist Fixed absolutes F.H. BRADLEY Concrete absolute reality Moral perspective Self-realisation Observation Criticism DAVID HUME Empiricist challenge Reason vs emotion Moral good + evil Hume’s Law Moral ‘ought’ statements Factual ‘is’ statements Non-cognitive vs cognitive PHILIPPA FOOT Virtue ethics Moral rules ‘Natural goodness’ J.L. MACKIE Anti-realism Moral rules Tradition Variations between cultures STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES Moral nihilism Verification Tautologies Open question argument Non-moral property INTUITIONISM G.E. MOORE NON-NATURALISM Intuition Intrinsic good Non-natural property Naturalistic fallacy Closed vs open questions H.A. PRICHARD Moral obligations Duty Moral vocabulary W.D. ROSS Conflicting duties Prima facie duties Overriding obligation Seven foundational prima facie duties STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Argument from queerness Cultural relativism EMOTIVISM Approval vs disapproval DAVID HUME MORAL JUDGEMENTS MOTIVATE ACTION HUME’S FORK A.J. AYER Three kinds of knowledge ANALYTIC JUDGEMENTS SYNTHETIC JUDGEMENTS MORAL JUDGEMENTS Judgements of value Utterances of preference C.L. STEVENSON Attitude relative to fundamental belief Persuasion Approval/disapproval STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Quantify goodness/pleasure Foot’s moral realism Moral diversity Moral nihilism Changing moral views Moral progress Embedding problem Key issues: What is meant by ‘good’ Meaningful vs meaningless

This resource helps students to consider the concept of moral dilemmas. There are tasks in which students are asked to consider how they would approach various dilemmas, Phillipa Foot’s ‘Trolley Dilemma’ is discussed in relation to absolutist vs situationist approaches and ideas around judging morality based on consequences or intentions are discussed. There is also a basic consideration of how religious groups may approach these ideas. Overall, the (fully editable) PowerPoint is 32 slides in length and likely to take 2-3 lessons to complete. It was originally created to cover two 1-hour lessons, but always seems to take longer if you let the debates run! A NOTE ABOUT MY POWERPOINTS: All slides have information for delivery provided in the ‘Notes’ section. Gold boxes contain information that can be read to the class; it’s also a good opportunity to select a student to read for literacy. Blue ‘TASK’ boxes are always tasks to be completed (these may link to an extra resource that has been provided, such as a worksheet). There will also be a ‘sound level icon’ suggested for these (there is also a slide at the end full of sound levels icons that you can use to edit). Some tasks also have key careers/employability skills indicated. Orange ‘CONSIDER’ boxes are questions that can be discussed as a class or in groups. Green ‘EXTENSION’ boxes are extra work/challenge for those who complete the main blue box tasks or are otherwise ready for something more difficult. Red boxes generally have some information hidden behind them and will reveal as you click through the PowerPoint.

Hi all, Teaching META ETHICS for the first time here. Here are my lessons on it. Each session contributes in my teaching about 2 hours each. So lessons could be cut down further if the the teacher needs too. This unit was hard! But enjoyable in the end.

A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 2 hour lesson which serves as an introduction to Ethics. This is perfect as part of a KS3/KS4 RE or philosophy unit and focuses on philosophers, theories and fallacies. This lesson is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning and contains match up tasks, clip tasks, literacy and debate tasks, information sheets and more, as well as an engaging 2 hour PowerPoint. It is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task and very easy to follow. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack Check out the EC Publishing website for full, affordable PSHE, Citizenship and RE Packages for all year groups including the new 2024 Complete PSHE Package. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

A comprehensive revision booklet covering both Judaism units (beliefs and teachings / practices) from the GCSE Edexcel Spec A course as well as both Philosophy and Ethics units (existence of God / relationships and family in the 21st century). For each of the four Edexcel units the booklet contains: A specification checklist A bullet point information sheet with accompanying comprehension questions (aimed at lower ability students) An information sheet outlining the meaning and importance for each topic (aimed at addressing part B and C questions) A source of wisdom and authority sheet with the exam board recommended SOWAs for students to fill in Two A3 sized mind maps with a breakdown of each topic for students to populate A key terms list with space for students to write definitions All previous exam questions from the first specification paper until the 2022 paper.

Based around the question 'What is Philosophy and Ethics?', this display looks at RE/ Philosophy & Ethics from different viewpoints: politics, maths, history, writing, science etc to show why RE/ Philosophy & Ethics is important today!

This is a resource for a years worth / two terms of teaching for Political Philosophy. The resource has been made for IB Philosophy, but may also be useful for other exam boards. The content covered includes: The state of nature, particularly studying Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau Political ideologies - liberalism, conservatism, socialism (incl. communism) Anarchism The role of justice and distributive justice, particularly studying Rawls and Nozick The concept and development of rights Positive and negative liberty (Isaiah Berlin) Non-human rights The content covers a wide range of scholars with particular focus on Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Paine, Marx, Rawls and Nozick. This resource includes: Multiple powerpoints, mainly split into introduction; state, society and nation; justice; and rights A student study guide to match the powerpoints A study guide inclusive of my answers which matches the powerpoint Multiple worksheets and resources for reading content Links to useful content to support teaching Example essays IB past paper questions Revision resources, e.g. game of key words, planning tools This is a comprehensive, detailed and accessible resource which is ready to teach. If you like it, please do leave a review and happy teaching!

A complete collection of resources needed for studying Deontological Kantian Ethics for the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. This contains all relevant theories, criticisms and and defences. Whilst questions and activities are provided, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook for additional activities. Resource includes: The Categorical Imperative The Universal Law Formulation The Humanity Formulation Strengths and issues Application to the eight suggested scenarios Please note: any additional resources or images/videos contained herewithin are not mine and I claim no ownership of these. Please refer to the URL for direction to the original designer/creator.

Designed as an introduction to philosophy and ethics in year 9, looking at key philosophical skills and the types of ethical questions discussed at philosophy and ethics GCSE.

An introduction to ethics at A-Level, discussing the differences between deontological and teleological decision making processes. Some examples adapted from a previous TES resource.

A detailed scheme of work created for our [Introduction to Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Unit] which covers one term’s resources and includes an assessment and mark scheme. This was created for our Complete Year 8 RE package, which can be found on Tes here. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

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