Postgraduate Course: Applied Ethics MSc (PHIL11105)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will consider the application of ethical theory to cases, imagined and real. The course will consider two areas where ethical theory is applied. The first are to problems that arise in domains such as medicine, science, animals, war and business. The second are ideas that often are at the centre of contemporary public debate such as rights, freedom, duty and trust. The course will proceed by discussing cases, the central ideas in them, and philosophical analyses that have been offered. This year, special emphasis will be given to the issue of humanity and its relations to rights and genetics.
Shared with UG Applied Ethics course PHIL10017
Formative feedback:
- the opportunity to submit a formative essay by the week 6 closing deadline |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 10 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 2500 word essay due at the end of the semester.
Assignment deadline: Monday 15th December 2014 by 12 noon
Upper word limit: 2750 (i.e. 2500 words with a 10% allowance)
Return deadline: Monday 19th January 2015 |
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Learning Outcomes
| To develop further the philosophical skills and to extend as well as deepen knowledge acquired in previous philosophy courses, with special emphasis on the application of moral theory to current challenges in society.
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Reading List
There is no single textbook required for this course. However a reading recommendation is:
Human Dignity and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics. The full text of the book is available free at http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/pcbe/reports/human_dignity/
A full weekly reading list is available on Learn. |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Taught by Dr David Levy |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Theodore Scaltsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3649
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Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
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