Exam practice
There are various types of questions you may get asked:
- You may get asked to explain Natural Law, or an aspect of it.
- You may be required to evaluate the theory or compare it to another theory.
- You may be asked to apply Natural Law to one of the issues studied.
Have a look at 'Evaluating the Theories' and TICKETs (pdfs), as well as each of the ethical theories on War (AS) and the Environment (A2).
The exams changed from 2009 (AS) and 2010 (A2).
This question was from June 2009 :
- Explain how a follower of Natural Law might respond to issues raised by genetic engineering. [25]
- ‘Genetic engineering is ethically justified .’ Discuss. [10]
This question was from the OCR Website :
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Explain Natural Law Theory.
- ‘Natural Law is not the best approach to euthanasia’. Discuss.
The following are actual exam questions written by OCR:
(a) Explain how the principles of Natural Law might be applied to decisions about fertility treatment. [33]
(b) ‘Every adult has the right to become a parent.’ Discuss. [17]
(a) Explain how a follower of Natural Law might respond to issues raised by abortion. [33]
(b) ‘A Natural Law approach is the best approach to abortion.’ Discuss. [17]
This question is from the June 2006 Ethics 2 A2 paper:
'Natural Law is the most reliable approach when making judgments about sex and relationships.' Discuss. [45]
(teken from the OCR website)
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.