1. By the end of today’s lesson you will:
Have reinforced your knowledge and understanding of Pelagius and Arminius’ beliefs on free will.
Have examined the implications of free will on religious beliefs in relation to:
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
Evil
Skills Focus
- AO1 – knowledge and understanding
- Specialist language and vocabulary

2. Spec Check – Component 3: Ethics Theme 4: Determinism and Free Will
AO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
AO2 – Issues for Analysis and Evaluation
F) The implications of libertarianism and free will:
The implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility: the worth of human ideas of rightness, wrongness and moral value, the value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts, the usefulness of normative ethics.
The implications of free will on religious belief: the link between God and evil, the implications for God’s omnipotence and omnibenevolence, the use of prayer and the existence of miracles.
How convincing are religious views on free will.
The degree to which free will makes the use of prayer irrelevant.

3. Starter
Kahoot: Free Will (Pelagius and Arminius)

4. The implications of free will on religious belief
Independent Task: – no textbook, no talking … just your brain! Make notes on the implications of free will on these religious beliefs:
4 minutes
The implications of free will on religious belief
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
God and Evil

5. The implications of free will on religious belief
With your ‘elbow buddy’: Share ideas. Develop your notes.
The implications of free will on religious belief
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
God and Evil

6. The implications of free will on religious belief
Class feedback: Share ideas with the class. Develop your notes.
The implications of free will on religious belief
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
God and Evil

7. The implications of free will on religious belief
Read pages of your workbook.
After each section, discuss key ideas with your elbow buddy.
Add key information to your notes. Make sure you include:
scholars
quotes
specialist vocabulary
examples
The implications of free will on religious belief
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
God and Evil

8. AO1 Write Up God’s omnipotence God’s omnibenevolence Prayer Miracles
Examine the implications of free will on religious belief. [20 marks]
PEEL
Point – make a point
Explain – explain that point
Evidence /examples – provide evidence / examples to support the point. (Scholars ideas/quotes/analogies are good to use here)
Link – link to the question and the paragraph which follows
You must mention:
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
Evil
Scholars
Examples

9. Plenary: Quiz Five teams:
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
Evil
Each team must write 2 questions on your given topic for the class quiz.

10. Learning Check … By the end of today’s lesson you will:
Have reinforced your knowledge and understanding of Pelagius and Arminius’ beliefs on free will.
Have examined the implications of free will on religious beliefs in relation to:
God’s omnipotence
God’s omnibenevolence
Prayer
Miracles
Evil

11. By the end of today’s lesson you will:
Have examined the implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility in relation to:
The worth of human ideas of rightness, wrongness and moral value
The value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts
The usefulness of normative ethics
Skills Focus
- AO1 – knowledge and understanding
- Specialist language and vocabulary

12. The Implications of Libertarianism on Moral Responsibility
What are the implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility?
Consider:
The worth of human ideas of rightness, wrongness and moral value
The value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts
The usefulness of normative ethics

13. Make a plan for one of the following……
Explain the implications of predestination on religious belief (20)
Explain the implications of religious freewill on religious belief (20)
Explain the implications of determinism on moral responsibility (20)
Explain the implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility (20)
PEEL – what points would you make?
Which scholars would you include?

14. AO1 Write Up – Independent Task
Examine the implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility. [20 marks]
PEEL
Point – make a point
Explain – explain that point
Evidence /examples – provide evidence / examples to support the point. (Scholars ideas/quotes/analogies are good to use here)
Link – link to the question and the paragraph which follows
Before you answer this question, read p77-78 in your workbook and make notes of points to include in your answer.
Look back at your notes from class feedback too.
You must mention:
The worth of human ideas of rightness, wrongness and moral value.
The value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts.
The usefulness of normative ethics.
Scholars
Specialist vocabulary
Examples

15. By the end of today’s lesson you will:
Have examined the implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility in relation to:
The worth of human ideas of rightness, wrongness and moral value
The value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts
The usefulness of normative ethics
Skills Focus
- AO1 – knowledge and understanding
- Specialist language and vocabulary