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161-045 Ethical Theory II | |
Note | Formerly available as 161-442. Students who have completed 161-442 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Doug Adeney |
Prerequisites | Entry to fourth year Honours in Philosophy |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour lecture/seminar per week |
Subject Description | An advanced study of problems and issues in contemporary ethics. The major topics to be covered will be the relation between normative ethics and meta-ethics, the nature and plausibility of moral realism, and the varieties and limitations of consequentialism. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
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