Postgraduate Course: War and Morality (PLIT11011)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Politics |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course addresses the following kinds of critical question. Under what conditions, if any, is a country morally entitled to go to war? Only to defend itself against aggression by others, or to further some of the legitimate goals of a nationally self-determining country? Is humanitarian intervention merely permissible or, in some cases, mandatory as well?
TOPICS COVERED
War and collective self-defence
Preventive war
Humanitarian intervention
War and legitimate authority
The principle of non-combatant immunity
Torture
Terrorism
War crime tribunals |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | As above. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | |
| First Class |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course, students will have read major texts and articles in just war theory; they will have learnt to use analytical tools and concepts which are important not merely to this particular area of study, but to moral and political philosophy in general (such as right doctrines, the doctrine of double effect, the doctrine of acts and omissions, etc.). They will have learnt to use historical, factual examples in support of philosophical, normative claims. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 4,000 words (+/- 10%), including footnotes and excluding bibliography. There will be no penalty for going over the limit. However, essays will be marked only on the first 5,500 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrea Birdsall
Tel: (0131 6)50 6974
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Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
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