1 Explore the contribution made by Natural Moral Law to moral decision making. (8)
1 Explore the key concepts of Natural Moral Law. (8) 2018 AS Q
1 Explore the role of absolutism and legalism in natural moral law moral decision making. (8)
1 Explore the distinctive ideas of natural Moral Law. (8)
1 Explore the concepts of absolutism and legalism in ethics. (8)
1 Explore Aquinas’ primary and secondary precepts in relation to moral decision making. (8)
1 Explore the early development of natural moral law especially the biblical and classical foundations of the approach. (8)
1 Explore the principal ideas of of natural Moral Law as a form of absolutist ethics. (8)
1 Explore the context and development of Situation ethics as the ‘new morality’ of the mid-20th century. (8)
1 Explore social, political and cultural influences on the development of Situation Ethics (8)
1 Explore the important concepts of Natural moral Law. (8) 2020 Q
1 Explore the concepts of purpose, telos, primary and secondary precepts in Natural Moral Law. (8)
1 Explore proportionalitism as a contemporary applications and adaptations of natural moral law. (8)
Bernard Hoose and Richard McCormick have developed natural moral law in recent years in order to simplify it so that it is more applicable in the 21st century. They proposed the idea of Proportionalism which suggests that natural moral law is not just a strict set of absolute laws but a system of guidelines for us to use and navigate ourselves. Hoose said “it is never right to go against a principle unless there is a proportionate reason which would justify it.” Proportionalism can be used to justify an action such as not treating a terminally ill person because the treatment being suggested may cause more pain for the person as a result and the pain would be disproportionate to the outcome of the treatment not going ahead.
1 Explore the application of Natural Moral Law theory to the specific case study of Environment Ethics. (8)
1 Explore the contemporary application of Natural Moral Law theory to the specific case study of War. (8)
1 Explore proportionalism as a contemporary adaptation of Natural Moral Law. (8)
1 Explore the strengths of Natural Moral Law . (8)
1 Explore the reasons why Natural Moral Law may be thought to be a convincing ethical theory. (8)
1 Explore the weaknesses of Natural Moral Law. (8)
1 Explore the doctrine of double effect with reference to the ethical dilemma of euthanasia. (8)
1 Explore the weaknesses of using of Natural Moral Law to resolve Abortion as a moral issue. (8)
1 Explore the strengths of using of Natural Moral Law to resolve Euthanasia as a moral issue. (8)