161-433 Value Theory

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in philosophy.

This subject will involve an advanced study of problems and issues in contemporary value theory, normally concentrating on issues in ethics. In some years the course may instead focus on issues in contemporary aesthetics. On completion of the subject, students should be able to bring philosophical reflection to bear more widely on their lives.

• be able to bring to bear the philosophical understanding developed in this subject on their other studies, inside and outside philosophy;

• be able to express their ideas more clearly;

• develop a sense of where the limits of philosophical argument lie.

A 5000-word essay 100% (due at the end of semester).

A subject reader will be available.