“Imagine that the happiness of

the whole human race were to

be immeasurably increased –
poverty eliminated,
brotherhood achieved, disease
conquered…but the condition is
that one man, his life
mysteriously prolonged, is to be
kept without his consent in a
state of continuous and
agonising torture.”
Would it be worth it?
GCSE
Philosophy
& Ethics
“But why?”
 GCSE Philosophy & Ethics
The GCSE course falls into two parts – one unit on
Philosophy and another on Ethics

Philosophy Ethics
- Beliefs about deity - Medical Ethics
- Science and Religion - Human Relationships
- Life after Death - Equality
- Religion, Reason and
Revelation
- Peace and Justice
- Good and Evil - Wealth and Poverty
 What is
philosophy
and Ethics
all about?
Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other
subjects don’t dare!
 Did God
create us
or did we
create
God?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 When
does
life
begin?
Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other
subjects don’t dare!
 Is war ever right?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 Why is
there
evil in
the
world?
Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other
subjects don’t dare!
 Is everyone equal?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 Are the poor really our problem?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 Is euthanasia helping someone to die
with dignity or murder?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 Is there
really
life
after
death?
Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other
subjects don’t dare!
 Are animals as important as humans?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 Does the death penalty prove
murder is wrong?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
 Does Science prove religion wrong?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!
GCSE Philosophy & Ethics…looking
at things in a different way…
 Could you do
philosophy and
Ethics?

Philosophy & Ethics asks the questions other

subjects don’t dare!