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 161-044 Philosophical Psychology 2

Note

Formerly available as 161-441. Students who have completed 161-441 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Brian Scarlett

Prerequisites

Admission to Fourth Year Honours in Philosophy.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour lecture/seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject represents a selection from a range of topics at the intersection of psychology and moral evaluation. For example: the moral psychology of the virtues considered in detail with respect to a selection of purported virtues and vices; the idea of the unity of the virtues: can they exist in isolation?; integrity and integration as moral and psychological concepts: the idea of multiple personalities; Aristotle on friendship: Nicomachean Ethics Books VIII and IX; pleasure according to Aristotle; pleasure according to Bentham.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.



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