One unit, one argument — told three times. Where does moral authority really come from: reason, society, the psyche — or God?
Should conscience always be obeyed — even when, in the end, it is wrong?
Every debate in this unit lines up on the same axis — from a source inside the individual (reason, intuition, God speaking within) to a source outside it (upbringing, society, conditioning). 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. Three ideas run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
Every view sits somewhere between a source wholly INSIDE the individual (reason, intuition) and wholly OUTSIDE it (society, upbringing). The further outside, the weaker its claim to correct us.
Durkheim and Freud struggle to explain the prophet, the abolitionist, the whistle-blower — a conscience that condemns the very group or upbringing that shaped it.
Butler and Aquinas both say: follow conscience always, even in error. Applied to real cases, the unit asks whether something OUTSIDE conscience is needed to catch its worst mistakes.
The unit splits into three debates. They look different, but each is really asking where conscience gets its authority, and whether that authority can be trusted.
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 real AQA questions in the Exam Questions organiser. Never evaluate what you haven't first explained.
A full review of Conscience — the Secular, the Religious, and Conscience Applied & Assessed. 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.