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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Philosophy

161-240/340 Moral Contexts: Investigations in Applied Ethics

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Professor CAJ Coady

Prerequisite/s:

At least one single-semester first-year Philosophy subject.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Up to three hours a week

Subject Description:

In this subject, students will develop an appreciation of the relevance of philosophy to issues of public concern by attention to three significant and controversial areas of debate: (1) the rights of parents and of children; (2) ethics in political life; and (3) the morality of war.

Assessment:

One 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 %) and two essays of 1500 words each (25 % each).
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