Postgraduate Course: Free Will and Moral Responsibility MSc (PHIL11067)
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 | The course covers the main issues in the philosophical debates about freedom, determinism, and moral responsibility. Among the more specific topics that may be addressed: Formulations of determinism; historical responses; Frankfurt style examples (designed to show that moral responsibility for an action does not require the ability to act differently); Strawson?s account of the reactive emotions; compatibilist theories about the nature of responsibility and freedom; moral luck; the difference between excuses and justifications; the relevance of ignorance; collective responsibility.
Shared with UG course Free Will & Moral Responsibility PHIL10090.
Taught by Dr Elinor Mason
Formative feedback;
- the opportunity to submit a formative essay
- postgraduate-only tutorials will be available |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
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Learning Outcomes
| To develop further the philosophical skills, and to extend as well as deepen the philosophical knowledge acquired in previous philosophy courses.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elinor Mason
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Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
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