Exam practice
Situation Ethics will not be mentioned in the exam - they will talk about 'a moral relativist theory'.
- You may get asked to explain a moral relativist theory
- You may be required to evaluate moral relativism or compare it to another theory.
- You may be asked to apply a moral relativist approach 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 the concept of relativst morality. [25]
- ‘Relativist ethics are unfair.’ Discuss. [10]
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.
