Christian Ethics: Topics (U03911)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : DIV-2-CE2

An exploration of important issues in certain areas of contemporary debate, relating to church and
confessional ethics, justice, bioethics, human sexuality, and Christian ethics. Lectures, seminars and set texts in this course provide the opportunity to investigate different Christian approaches to the ethical practices, communities and decision-making processes in these spheres of human activity. Through the course students will scrutinize different Christian and secular attempts to interpret, to evaluate and to transform decision-making practices in church ethics (section 1), justice (section 2) bioethics and sexual ethics (section 3)

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : Not allowed if already taken Christian Ethics 2 (U03462)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Theology and Ethics, (School of Divinity, Schedule B)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	12:10	13:00	Martin Hall, New College	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of the main issues at stake in the areas explored;
2. relate different critical approaches to various ethical theories & practices and their underlying
theological assumptions;
3. comment critically upon specified primary and secondary texts;
4. display a capacity for moral reasoning in relation to the practices of medicine, human sexuality,
justice and church ethics.