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Flashcards for SQA Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies (course specification version 4.0, 2025). One section for each of the three areas of study, with a subdeck for every religion and every option, then by topic in the specification's order. Delete or suspend the options you do not study once the deck is yours.

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What is inside (131 subdecks)

  • Morality and belief862 cards
    • Morality and conflict190 cards
      • Conflict: alternatives to war24 cards
      • Conflict: justifications for war33 cards
      • Conflict: types of war18 cards
      • Consequences of war: for humans20 cards
      • Consequences of war: for the economy16 cards
      • Consequences of war: for the environment20 cards
      • Modern armaments: conventional weapons17 cards
      • Modern armaments: smart weapons19 cards
      • Modern armaments: weapons of mass destruction23 cards
    • Morality and justice162 cards
      • Causes of crime: environmental influences18 cards
      • Causes of crime: psychological factors17 cards
      • Purposes of punishment: deterrence18 cards
      • Purposes of punishment: protection18 cards
      • Purposes of punishment: reformation17 cards
      • Purposes of punishment: retribution17 cards
      • Responses to crime: capital punishment24 cards
      • Responses to crime: custodial sentences17 cards
      • Responses to crime: non-custodial sentences16 cards
    • Morality and relationships159 cards
      • Arranged and forced marriage21 cards
      • Divorce19 cards
      • Gender inequality and exploitation in religion21 cards
      • Gender inequality and exploitation in society20 cards
      • Gender inequality and exploitation in the media16 cards
      • Same-sex marriage19 cards
      • Sexual relationships22 cards
      • The purpose of sex21 cards
    • Morality, environment and global issues171 cards
      • Economic issues: global trading agreements19 cards
      • Economic issues: resource management18 cards
      • Economic issues: trading inequalities22 cards
      • Environmental issues: biodiversity17 cards
      • Environmental issues: climate change20 cards
      • Environmental issues: depletion of resources18 cards
      • Social issues: charity19 cards
      • Social issues: migrants20 cards
      • Social issues: poverty18 cards
    • Morality, medicine and the human body180 cards
      • End of life: assisted dying20 cards
      • End of life: end-of-life care18 cards
      • End of life: voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia22 cards
      • Organ donation: beating heart donation18 cards
      • Organ donation: consent21 cards
      • Organ donation: living donors19 cards
      • Use of embryos: reproductive23 cards
      • Use of embryos: research19 cards
      • Use of embryos: therapeutic20 cards
  • Religious and philosophical questions555 cards
    • Existence of God147 cards
      • Arguments used by non-religious people to challenge the existence of God21 cards
      • Arguments used by religious people to prove the existence of God35 cards
      • Can either religious or non-religious arguments provide conclusive proof?18 cards
      • Evidence used to support non-religious arguments17 cards
      • Evidence used to support religious arguments19 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of non-religious arguments16 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of religious arguments21 cards
    • Miracles138 cards
      • Can religious and non-religious views on miracles be compatible?17 cards
      • Evidence used by religious people to support these explanations18 cards
      • Evidence used to support non-religious explanations18 cards
      • How do non-religious people explain miracles?21 cards
      • How do religious people explain miracles?27 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of non-religious explanations17 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of religious explanations of miracles20 cards
    • Origins139 cards
      • Can religious and scientific views on origins be compatible?20 cards
      • Evidence used to support religious explanations19 cards
      • Evidence used to support scientific explanations21 cards
      • Religious explanations of the origins of the universe and life23 cards
      • Scientific explanations of the origins of the universe and life20 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of religious explanations19 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of scientific explanations17 cards
    • The problem of suffering and evil131 cards
      • Are humans responsible for suffering and evil?29 cards
      • Arguments used to support God's responsibility for suffering and evil18 cards
      • Can responsibility lie with both God and humans?20 cards
      • Is God responsible for suffering and evil?24 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of arguments for God's responsibility21 cards
      • Strengths and weaknesses of arguments for human responsibility19 cards
  • World religion958 cards
    • Buddhism159 cards
      • Beliefs about the Buddha24 cards
      • Five Precepts and the sangha23 cards
      • Living according to the Eightfold Path18 cards
      • Meditation and devotion21 cards
      • Nature of human beings26 cards
      • Samsara and nibbana23 cards
      • Three Marks of Existence24 cards
    • Christianity155 cards
      • Beliefs about God22 cards
      • Beliefs about Jesus24 cards
      • Christian action and the Christian community23 cards
      • Judgement, Heaven and Hell21 cards
      • Living according to the Gospels20 cards
      • Nature of human beings20 cards
      • Worship: prayer and the Eucharist25 cards
    • Hinduism155 cards
      • Beliefs about God25 cards
      • Beliefs about Isvara18 cards
      • Living according to Dharma24 cards
      • Nature of human beings25 cards
      • Samsara and moksha21 cards
      • The Three Margas18 cards
      • Worship: puja and meditation24 cards
    • Islam169 cards
      • Akhira22 cards
      • Beliefs about God27 cards
      • Beliefs about Muhammad27 cards
      • Living according to the Five Pillars28 cards
      • Nature of human beings22 cards
      • Submission18 cards
      • Worship: prayer and the mosque25 cards
    • Judaism161 cards
      • Beliefs about Covenant25 cards
      • Beliefs about God24 cards
      • Judgement, the Messiah and Olam Ha'ba22 cards
      • Living according to the Commandments24 cards
      • Nature of human beings22 cards
      • Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur20 cards
      • Worship: Shabbat and the synagogue24 cards
    • Sikhism159 cards
      • Beliefs about God22 cards
      • Gurmukh and Jivan Mukti20 cards
      • Living according to the Gurus26 cards
      • Maya, haumai and the Five Evils22 cards
      • Nature of human beings19 cards
      • The Khalsa23 cards
      • Worship: sewa, simran, kirt karna and vand chakkana27 cards

Some of its cards

  • An agreement between God and the Jewish people, in Judaism
    Covenant (Judaism)
  • When did same-sex marriage become legal in Scotland?
    2014
  • What is prayer in Christianity?
    Communication with God
  • How can mental illness be linked to crime?
    Some illnesses can affect judgement and behaviour, though most people with mental illness are not offenders
  • What is charity?
    Giving help, often money, to those in need
  • What is the Trinity in Christianity?
    One God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
  • What is a strength of the cosmological argument?
    It gives a reason for why the universe exists at all
  • What is biodiversity?
    The variety of living things on earth
  • What are the two main kinds of meditation in Theravada Buddhism?
    Samatha, calm, and vipassana, insight
  • What are the five daily prayers in Islam?
    Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha

And 2365 more once you add the deck.