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Explain St Thomas Aquinas' "Just War Theory" (6 marks) Analyse a recent or historical military conflict using Just War Theory (12 marks).

For Aquinas there are 5 conditions for a just war: (1) the conflict must be just e.g. to save the lives of civilians (2) the conflict must be declared by a legitiamte authority. e.g. a government (3) there m...
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What is imagery and what effects can be made in any given text?

Imagery can be: Metaphor Similes Personification Figurative language Writer's use imagery to create dramatic effect, which is significant in making a text believable, interesting and relatable to a particula...
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Taken from an AQA paper: A common misconception is that the Internet is the World Wide Web. Explain the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Using these terms interchangeably is a pet-hate of Sir Tim-Bernes-Lee, who invented the WWW and works at our university, so it seemed an appriate choice! The internet can be thought of as a massive network (...
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What is the difference between Falsificationism and Verificationism? Give a religious example of where they would disagree about the meaningfulness of a statement.

Falsificationism is the belief that the only propositions that are meaningful are those that give conditions under which they could be proven false. This differs from Verificationism that holds that the only...
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Does a fawn suffering in a forest fire show that there is gratuitous evil in the world

Gratuitous evil is evil that cannot be explained by any theodicy, the "fawn in the fire" case is supposed to be such a case. The fawn's suffering cannot be explained by the Free Will theodicy as th...
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