One unit, one argument — told three times. What can death actually take? What is life for, what could survive dying, and what awaits whatever survives?
Does human life have purpose because there is continuing personal existence after death — and what exactly would continue?
Every debate in this unit lines up on an axis — from the literal and external at one end (bodily resurrection; real places of judgement) to the re-described and internal at the other (the psyche; states of mind; God's memory). Pick a sub-topic, then tap a position to see what it claims and where it's strong or weak.
Tap a circle — or use Tab and Enter — to explore each position.
Top answers don't treat the three debates separately. The same questions run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
Purpose asks it directly; resurrection and judgement decide whether the answer can be yes. The Nov 2021 question lives here.
Body, body-and-soul reunited, a transformed spiritual body, the soul alone — or nothing. Every position is an answer to this.
Bodily → spiritual → psychological → God's memory. At each step, ask what survives the translation — and when it stops being the doctrine.
The unit splits into three debates. They look different, but each is really asking who gets the final word.
Everything for the unit, in one place. Open a sub-topic's lesson, booklet and podcast, and use the Philosopher Companion across all three.
LINKS list near the bottom, and paste each SharePoint share link once. Buttons with no link show as “Link not set”.
Use your resources in this order. The Philosopher Companion is where you learn to plan both question types.
One podcast per sub-topic — a teacher and student talk each view through to a judgement. Annotate as you listen.
Read the given text, write the key claims in your own words, then decide the strength and weakness you'd give each view.
In the Companion: match each term to its meaning, then use it in a sentence. RAG-rate the mastery checklist with the three faces.
Use the Companion frameworks and the guidance-left / your-turn-right scaffolds. Never evaluate what you haven't first explained.
A full review of Self, Death & the Afterlife — the purpose of life, resurrection, and judgement, heaven, hell & purgatory. Best watched before you start revising, then again to check your recall.
Teacher: paste the YouTube link in the VIDEO_URL line near the bottom of this file. The player then appears here automatically.
Flip a card to check yourself. Switch between key terms (term → meaning) and views (view → claim, strength & weakness), and filter by sub-topic.