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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Doug Adeney.
Prerequisite: At least one single-semester first-year Philosophy subject.
Contact: Up to three hours a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- gain an understanding of the broad relevance of philosophy to questions of public concern;
- become familiar with philosophical theories, arguments and insights relevant to selected public issues;
- develop the skills necessary to clarify such questions, argue through to rationally defensible answers, and contribute to the intelligent discussion of conflicting outlooks on them.
Content:
Sexual morality and public policy; political morality; the morality of war.
Assessment:
One 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 per cent) and two essays of 1,500 words each (25 per cent each).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 142)
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