EoY

Question 1

theodicy

Answer 1

attempt to justify or defend God in the face of evil

Question 2

free will defence

Answer 2

St Augustine, the possibility of evil was always there, misuse of free will causes suffering

Question 3

soul-making theodicy

Answer 3

suffering is good and God gives it to us to help us develop

Question 4

‘Problems of evil and suffering are beyond the ability of humans to understand’

Answer 4

‘Problems of evil and suffering are beyond the ability of humans to understand’

Question 5

covenant

Answer 5

a promise or faith in God (Abraham)

Question 6

diaspora

Answer 6

the scattering of Jews across Europe

Question 7

anti-semitism

Answer 7

discrimination against Jews

Question 8

free will

Answer 8

the ability to make free choices

Question 9

determinism

Answer 9

a theory that there is a lack of free will

Question 10

Libet experiment

Answer 10

1) your unconscious brain makes decisions before your mind does

2) less important acts are ‘done for us’ in the mind

Question 11

behaviourism

Answer 11

your mind and thoughts can be fully explained by your visual behaviour

Question 12

jewish response to the holocaust

Answer 12

to test if they would keep their faith

Question 13

christian view on free will

Answer 13

living in obedience to Gods will

Question 14

buddhist views on freedom

Answer 14

you are able to be free when you overcome the 3 poisons (greed, ignorance and hatred)

Question 15

extentialisn

Answer 15

the belief that we are not given any purpose or meaning in life and we have to create this for ourselves

Question 16

happiness

Answer 16

good balance in life

Question 17

hedonism

Answer 17

pleasure is good and pain is bad

Question 18

what did jeremy bentham believe

Answer 18

all human behaviour is governed by ‘pleasure and pain’

Question 19

happiness and virtue

Answer 19

happiness comes from:
- base pleasures
- higher pleasures and developing virtues

Question 20

DOSE

Answer 20

dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins

Question 21

dopamine cause

Answer 21

awards and achievements

Question 22

oxytocin cause

Answer 22

social interaction

Question 23

christian beliefs about happiness

Answer 23

• God’s love is their joy
• having faith in God and Jesus
• showing compassion

Question 24

impermanence (anneca)

Answer 24

the belief that the world is always changing (buddhism)

Question 25

acceptance (buddhism)

Answer 25

being okay with the fact that life is unsatisfactory

Question 26

humanist views on happiness

Answer 26

it can be anything (things you enjoy)

Question 27

christian view on suffering

Answer 27

soul making theodicy

Question 28

examples of limits on our freedom

Answer 28

laws, commands,etc

Question 29

buddhist views on suffering

Answer 29

• all life has suffering
• human craving or greed is the cause of suffering

Question 30

jewish response to suffering

Answer 30

• designed to help us
• is important for compassion

Answer 31

all events are inevitable and are caused by something

Question 32

enlightenment

Answer 32

when you know the meaning of enlightenment

Question 33

give two examples of the eightfold path

Answer 33

right understanding
right thought

Question 34

serotonin

Answer 34

low levels = depression

Question 35

sigmund freud

Answer 35

behaviourism - ‘events have a great influence on our choices and personality as an adult’

Question 36

original sin

Answer 36

the idea that nature is corrupted

Question 37

what is the warrior gene

Answer 37

the low version of MAOA

Question 38

what does the warrior gene do

Answer 38

makes us more aggressive