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 161-005 Freedom and Constraint

Note

Formerly available as 161-106. Students who have completed 161-106 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Marion Tapper

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures per week throughout the semester, and a 1-hour tutorial per week beginning the second week of semester

Subject Description

This subject is concerned with the tension between the freedom implied by consciousness and the constraints imposed by culture and society. In the context of this tension students will investigate the nature of our responsibility for our lives. On completion of the subject students should be able to recognise the distinctive nature of the philosophical problems and their significance for other areas of thought; know how to go about working through such problems; be in a position to engage with more philosophical material, and apply their philosophical skills in other disciplines.

Assessment

Two essays, one of 500 words and one of 1500 words, participation in tutorials and a 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

  • J-P Sartre, H D Barnes (trans), Being and Nothingness. Routledge, 1969.
  • S De Beauvoir, H M Parshley (trans), The Second Sex. Picador, 1988.
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