a) Concepts of stewardship and conservation from the point of view of at least one religion and at least one secular ethical perspective; animal welfare and protection, sustainability, waste management and climate change.
b) Strengths and weaknesses of significant areas of disagreement and debate, assessment of relevant examples, legal changes and social attitudes, appropriateness and value of employing religious perspectives in these debates.
1 Explore the key ideas of stewardship from a religious ethical view point. (8)
1 Explore religious ethical perspectives on conservation (8) 2017 AS
1 Explore the concepts of stewardship and conservation from an ethical standpoint. (8)
1 Explore the secular ethical perspectives on conservation. (8)
1 Explore the place and context of animal welfare and protection with religious ethical perspectives. (8)
1 Explore two ethical perspectives on animal welfare and protection. (8) 2019 Q
1 Explore religious and secular ethical perspectives on sustainability, and waste management. (8)
1 Explore religious and secular approaches to climate change as an area of significant disagreement and debate. (8)
1 Explore religious and ethical perspectives on the welfare of animals. (8) 2023 AS Q.
1 Explore the legal changes and social attitudes to animal wealfare and protection. (8).
1 Explore one area of significant disagreement and debate such as waste mangament or sustainability in environmetal ethics. (8)
1 Explore the approach of James Lovelock Gaia theory to environmental ethics. (8)
1 Explore the approach of Arnold Næss theory of deep ecology to environmental ethics. (8)
2 Assess the strenghts of the claim that the problems of caring for the natural world provide an impossible challenge to the practice of stewardship. (12)
1 Assess the usefulness of religious and ethical perspectives on stewardship of the natural world. (12) 2019 AS
1 Assess the value of employing religious perspectives to the debates surrounding climate change. (12)
1 Assess the value of employing religious perspectives to the debates surrounding climate change. (12)
2. Assess the importance of conservation for religious ethical perspectives. (12)
2. Assess the claim that secular approaches to environmental issues are of more help than religious approaches. (12)
2. Assess the significance of the claim the Utilitarianism is not the best approach to environmental ethics. (12)
2. Assess the importance of Kantian and virtue ethics to Environmental issues of significant disagreement and debate. (12)
2 Assess the strenghts of the claim that there is no deontological moral imperative to care for the environment. (12)
2 Assess the weakness of claim that relativist ethics are the best approach to the environment. (12)
2. Assess the extent to which religious teachings on the environment and the Gaia hypothesis compatible. (12)
2 Assess the strengths of religious approaches to the environment. (12)
2 Assess the strengths of secular approaches to the environment. (12)
2 Assess the signfiicance of a relevant example of an area environmental ethics such as waste management or sustainability or climate change. (12)
2 Assess the weaknesses of religious approaches to environmental issues. (12) 2017 AS Q
2 Assess the credibility of the claim animal wealfare is not a signficant area of ethical concern. (12)
2 Assess the work of a signficant figure within the enviornmental movement (12)
3b Analyse the significance of the claim that the problems of caring for the natural world provide an impossible challenge to the practice of stewardship.. (20)
3b Analyse the importance of conservation for religious ethical perspectives. (20)
3b Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of using religious teachings as a guide to ideas about the conservation of the natural world (20) 2023 AS Q
3b Analyse the claim that secular approaches to environmental issues are of more help than religious approaches. (20)
3b Analyse the weaknesses of the claim that Utilitarianism is not the best approach to environmental ethics?' (20)
3b Analyse the importance of Kantian and virtue ethics to Environmental issues of significant disagreement and debate. (20)
3b Analyse the importance of deontological moral imperatives as an approach to caring for the environment. (20)
3b) Analayse the weakness of claim that relativist ethics are the best approach to the environmen. (20)
3b Analyse the extent to which religious teachings on the environment and the Gaia hypothesis compatible. (20)
3b Analyse the strenghs and weakness of religious approaches to the environment. (20)
3b Analyse the strenghs and weakness of secular approaches to the environment. (20)
3b Analyse the imoprtance of the claim animal wealfare is not a signficant area of ethical concern. (20)
3b Analyse the significance of Gaia theory and James Lovelock as a signficant figure within the enviornmental movement. (20)
3b Analyse the significance of Deep Ecology and Arnold Naess as a signficant figure within the enviornmental movement. (20)
4. Evaluate the value of religious perspectives in relation to the enviornment. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim ‘God is the most important aspect of stewardship..’ (30)
4 Evaluate the appropriateness and value of Christian contributions to Environmental ethics. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that religious ethics are not the best approach to environmental issues. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion that conservation is not important for religious ethical perspectives. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that secular approaches to environmental issues are of more help than religious approaches. (30)
4 Evaluate the relative importance of Utilitarianism and Kantian ethics as approachs to environmental ethics. (30)
4 Evaluate the view that deontological moral imperatives as an approach to caring for the environment are not helpful. (30)
4 Evaluate the view that religious teaching can play a crucial role in resolving controversies concerning envirnomental ethics. (30)
4 Evaluate the view that issues in enviromental ethics are not helped by appealing to religious teaching. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that.'stewardship provides a positive guide for our interaction with the natural environment.’ (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that animal wealfare is not a signficant area of ethical concern. (30)
4 Evaluate the status of secular approaches to the environment.(30)
4 Evaluate the importance of Gaia theory and James Lovelock as a signficant figure within the enviornmental movement. (30)
4 Evaluate the debate arround deep verses shallow ecology. (30)