Meta-ethics; The Allegory of the Cave; Ethical cognitivism; The Theory of Forms; Analysing Platonic Thought; Ethical Non-Cognitivism; Plato’s Body/Soul Distinction; Aristotle’s Concept of Cause     ; Moral relativism; The Prime Mover ;Virtue Ethics;

Aristotle’s Body/Soul Distraction; Natural law; Ancient Greek Influence on Judaeo-Christianity; Judaeo-Christian Thought

The Concept of God as Creator; Goodness of God; God’s Activity in the World

Traditional Arguments for the existence of God: Cosmological ;The argument from religious experience; The Sociology of religion; The Psychology of Religion; Appendix 1: the Religious Experience, a different approach

Introduction to two world religions ; Worship in two world religions; Thinking about Morality Thinking about God;

Relationships, rights and responsibilities     Life issues; Questions of meaning

Existence of God * Religious Experiences * Faith and Reason * Science and Religion * The Problem of Evil * Religious Belief and Psychology * Mind and Body * Life after Death * Experiences * Revelation and Authority * Religious Language

A few games to end the class with…