Exam practice
There are various types of questions you may get asked:
- You may get asked to explain one of the three positions: Hard determinism, Libertarianism or Compatibilism
- You may have to relate one of these three positions to one of the ethical issues studied
The following is a sample exam question written by OCR:
‘Unless we assume that everyone is free to make moral choices, we have no right to punish criminals.’ Discuss. [45]
(taken from the OCR website - mark scheme included there)#
This question is from June 2006:
'People are not free to make moral decisions.' Discuss. [45]
We now have an interactive diagram showing how to answer an ethics exam question. The 'structure' of the paragraph will be different for 'ethical theory' questions, but the basic principles are the same. Try filling it in yourself and print out the completed diagram.
