RS Revision

Question 1

omnipotence

Answer 1

all powerful

Question 2

omniscience

Answer 2

all knowing

Question 3

omnibenevolence

Answer 3

all loving

Question 4

immanent

Answer 4

within

Question 5

What is another name for the cosmological argument?

Answer 5

the first cause argument

Question 6

Who propounded the cosmological argument?

Answer 6

Thomas Aquinas

Question 7

What is another name for the teleological argument?

Answer 7

the design argument

Question 8

Who propounded the teleological argument?

Answer 8

William Payley

Question 9

What was Ludwig Feuerbach’s theory?

Answer 9

That God is a human invention, made to help us deal with our fears and aspirations.

Question 10

What was Blaise Pascal’s theory?

Answer 10

His argument is that we’re never going to be able to prove or disprove God’s existence, because how would we go about proving or disproving a spiritual being? All we can do is gamble about God’s existence.

Question 11

example of natural evil

Answer 11

floods, volcano eruptions, hurricanes, forest fires, tsunamis e.t.c (natural disasters)

Question 12

example of moral evil

Answer 12

war, murder, bombing, arson (anything that is done on purpose)

Question 13

what is a theodicy?

Answer 13

A theodicy is an explanation as to how you can believe that there is evil in the world, yet still believe in God.

Question 14

who invented the trolley problem?

Answer 14

It originated in a 1967 essay by British philosopher Phillipa Foot.

Question 15

who made the hedonic calculus

Answer 15

Jeremy Betham

Question 16

intensity (hc)

Answer 16

how deep or how superficial is the happiness?

Question 17

duration (hc)

Answer 17

is it permanent or is it temporary?

Question 18

certainty (hc)

Answer 18

how likely is the happiness going to be?

Question 19

remoteness (hc)

Answer 19

how near or remote is the happiness?

Question 20

fecundity (hc)

Answer 20

how likely is the happiness to reproduce?

Question 21

extent (hc)

Answer 21

how far will the happy effect of the action spread?

Question 22

how do you make decisions?

Answer 22

Conscience
Consequences
Deontology

Question 23

What does Aquinas think of natural law?

Answer 23

Natural law is Aquinas’s answer as to how we know what to do (moral decision).

Question 24

what are the four levels of law?

Answer 24

Eternal
Divine
Natural
Human

Question 25

what are the five primary precepts?

Answer 25

Preservation of life Order of society Worship God Education of the young Reproduction

Question 26

what are the five secondary precepts?

Answer 26

Do not kill Do not steal Do not lie Educate children Contraception is wrong

Question 27

what is the sanctity of life?

Answer 27

It is the idea that life is very special or sacred.

Question 28

what is the quality of life?

Answer 28

The idea that what is important about life is the level of comfort, happiness and health that it gives.

Question 29

christian ideas on the sanctity of life

Answer 29

God created each of us uniquely as special individuals. We each have a soul, which will live in heaven with God after we die. As life is so special, they believe it should be protected and not damaged. God gave us life, and God will take that life away. There is a strong belief in being created in the image of God, which leads to the idea that human life has dignity and should be treated with respect.

Question 30

Judaism ideas on the sanctity of life

Answer 30

Judaism - God created each of us uniquely as special individuals. We each have a soul, which will live in heaven with God after we die. As life is so special, they believe it should be protected and not damaged. God gave us life, and God will take that life away.

Question 31

Islam ideas on the sanctity of life

Answer 31

God created each of us uniquely as special individuals. We each have a soul, which will live in heaven with God after we die. As life is so special, they believe it should be protected and not damaged. God gave us life, and God will take that life away.

Question 32

Hinduism ideas on the sanctity of life

Answer 32

All of creation - including animals and the rest of the natural world - are sacred. Every form of life contains the essence of God, so we are able to see God everywhere and should treat everything with that in mind. Essence/ potential evolves from plant form to (over many lifetimes) complex human forms, so all forms of life should be treated with respect.

Question 33

Buddhism ideas on the sanctity of life

Answer 33

All of creation - including animals and the rest of the natural world - are sacred. Every form of life contains the essence of God, so we are able to see God everywhere and should treat everything with that in mind. For Buddhists, each life form has the potential to become enlightened; it has Buddha nature. This potential evolves from plant form to (over many lifetimes) complex human forms, so all forms of life should be treated with respect.

Question 34

Sikhism ideas on the sanctity of life

Answer 34

All of creation - including animals and the rest of the natural world - are sacred. Every form of life contains the essence of God, so we are able to see God everywhere and should treat everything with that in mind. Essence/ potential evolves from plant form to (over many lifetimes) complex human forms, so all forms of life should be treated with respect.