Moral And Political Philosophy (PHL219/419)

 

This unit is not available in 2009

Co-ordinator	TBA
Enrolment Options	Semester 1, Internal and External
Points	4

 
 
 

We live in exciting, but dangerous and uncertain, times. Enormous economic, political and social change, exponential advancement in technology and the ability to change our world create unprecedented freedom of moral and consumer choice, along with intrusive regulation of our everyday lives. This unit explores frameworks to analyse and respond to contemporary and perennial questions concerning how we should live, individually and together with other people, in light of diverse understandings of moral and political values, the good life, justice and virtue.

 

Lectures/Tutorials	2.5 hours per week
Prerequisites	Nil. This unit is intended to be accessible to students from all disciplines
Assessment	Internal mode: Tutorial participation and presentation, exercises, essays. External mode: Short answer exercise, essay, test

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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