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 161-045 Ethical Theory 2

Note

Formerly available as 161-442. Students who have completed 161-442 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Douglas Adeney

Prerequisites

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Philosophy.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour lecture/seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject is 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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