PHIL 104
Ethics and Justice
Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for PHIL 104.
Description
This course explores and questions a range of views about how we should live on the personal, professional, social and global level.
We will consider a range of topics such as friendship, career, other animals, poverty (local and global), tolerance and freedom, environmental ethics, punishment, obligations to future people and global justice. We will examine these topics in the light of philosophical theories about justice, liberty, rights and different approaches to ethics that emphasise roles, rules, virtues and consequences.
Students will be encouraged to form and argue for their own opinions about the issues explored, and will acquire and apply critical thinking skills.
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Availability 2020
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Dr Vanya Kovach
Professor Timothy Mulgan
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
Assessment
Points
PHIL 104: 15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions