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Describe the main features of Utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism is an teleological consequentialist ethical theory, based on the maximisation of pleasure and minimisation of pain. It is teleological in the sense that the theory focuses on the goal of an...

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What evidence is there in the Gospel Accounts that Jesus should be known as ‘God’?

One of the most fundamental beliefs within the Christian faith, and where the religion gets its name from, is that Jesus is the Christ or Messiah (anointed one). Not only this, but Jesus became recognised...

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(a) Outline Sallie McFague’s responses to the view that God is male. [25]

-Sallie McFague: American ecofeminist who wrote ‘Metaphorical Theology: Models of God in Religious Language’.
-Point 1: She said that metaphors used for God were outdated, had been overused so peopl...

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Explain the argument and/or interpretation in the passage – 30marks

INTRODUCTION- This should be short and concise and summarise the passage as well as introduce the philosopher/text and main thesis of your argument.PARAGRAPHS : Identify one part of the argument from the ...

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Please briefly explain the cosmological argument for the existence of God.

In our experience of the world, everything that exists, exists because it has a cause. Nothing that exists is causeless. If so, what is it that causes everything that exists? The cosmological argument pos...

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