Philosophy
IB Philosophy — Ethics topical past papers
52 past-paper questions on Ethics for Philosophy.
- Questions
- 52
- Years
- 2016–2025
- With mark scheme
- 46%
- Questions 2021–2025
- 44
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How Ethics has been examined
From 2021 to 2025, Ethics was on 2 HL in 1 of 4 exam series, worth about 5% of that paper’s marks.
| Paper | Questions | Share of marks | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 HL | 16 | 0% | 5 of 5 |
| 1 SL | 16 | 0% | 5 of 5 |
| 2 HL | 6 | 5% | 1 of 4 |
| 2 SL | 6 | 5% | 1 of 4 |
Momentum’s own count, over the questions in its bank for these years: a series is one exam session, every zone included, and a question filed under two chapters counts in both. Median marks per question: 25.
Filed in Momentum under: Ethics.
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