Reading Tasks
Reading Tasks
The Puzzle of Ethics by Peter Vardy. Available in the LRC.
Bible Matters by Peter and Charlotte Vardy
God Matters by Peter and Charlotte Vardy
The Puzzle of Christianity by Peter Vardy. Available in the LRC.
The Puzzle of Sex by Peter Vardy. Available in the LRC.
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Available in the LRC.
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Available in the LRC.
Republic by Plato. Available in the LRC.
Theories of Ethics edited by Phillipa Foot
Practical Ethics by Peter Singer. Available in the LRC.
Ethics by J.L. Mackie, Available in the LRC.
Writing Tasks
Philosophy and Ethics
Look up some key terms on Philosophy Bites and Ethics bites podcasts, and make notes:
Essay competitions
Investigate essay competitions for Sixth Form students. Plan or write an entry. For example, enter the annual Philosophy Prize for Year 12 students from Trinity College, Cambridge. Details here.
Karl Marx
Online research on Karl Marx. Read and make your own notes on this topic.
Religious Language
Online research - Visit the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy and read chapter 2 of the section on Philosophy of Religion. Make your own notes on this.
Listening Tasks
Development of Christian Thought
Listen to episodes from the Pansycast DCT Audiobook:
Secularism
Browse the ‘Sacred and Secular’ videos from OpenLearn
Ethical Behaviour
Explore 'How can I know wrong from right’ and ‘How do I live a good life’ animations from Radio 4’s ‘Big Ideas’ series.
General
In Our Time – do a keyword search linked to our topics and listen to any ‘In Our Time’ radio podcasts that you are interested in.
Watching Tasks
Soul, Mind and Body
Watch Consciousness & the Brain by John Searle at TEDxCERN
Business ethics
Watch a Ted talk on honesty in business
Plato
Watch Alex Gendler’s interpretation of Plato’s Cave Allegory
Philosophy and Ethics
Explore the Radio 4 Big Ideas animations
Religious Experience
Watch the Five Major religions on TED ED:
Problem of Evil
Watch this TedEd talk on Why would God allow Tsunamis?
Research Tasks
Religious Experience/Miracles
Investigate The Toronto Blessing.
Consider What, When, Why, and How?
Natural Law
Online research on peped.com - Summary: The Natural Law
Read and make your own notes on this topic.
Aquinas
Online research - Visit the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy and read chapter 1 of the section on Aquinas.
Make your own notes on this.
Conscience
Watch the Ted Talk ‘Good or bad, hard to say’.
If consequences are so hard to categorise, does this affect how we judge outcomes and make moral decisions?
Trips & Visits
Problem of Evil
Plan a visit to the Imperial War Museum, London. In particular the Holocaust Exhibition.