A-Level Philosophy (AQA) - Moral Philosophy

This resource contains all lessons for ‘Moral Philosophy’ under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for either the AS or A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.

Unit contains:

• An introduction to Moral Philosophy
• Utilitarianism (including: Act Utilitarianism, Rule Utilitarianism, Two-Tier Utilitarianism, Psychological Hedonism, strengths/issues of Utilitarianism and application of Utilitarianism to the eight specified scenarios)
• Deontological Kantian Ethics (including: The Categorical Imperative, The Universal Law Formulation, The Humanity Formulation, strengths/issues of Deontological Kantian Ethics and application of Kantian Ethics to the eight specified scenarios
• Aristotelian Virtue Ethics (including: the function of the soul, Aristotelian virtue/vice, the Doctrine of the Mean, the role of practical wisdom/reasoning, Eudaimonia, strengths/issues of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and application of Virtue Ethics to the eight specified scenarios
• Meta-Ethics (including: Moral Realism, Naturalism, Innatism, Moral Anti-Realism, Emotivism, Prescriptivism and Cognitivism/Non-Cognitivism)

Whilst this contains all relevant theoretical materials, and poses questions to probe understanding, please use the approved AQA textbook for relevant activities.

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