10cp

Introduction to Ethics

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent of lectures, tutorials and seminars.

The unit aims to introduce students to a range of ethical theories and their relevance to particular moral questions. Topics discussed will include: free choice, determinism and moral responsibility; the possibility of moral knowledge; theories of ethics such as the utilitarian, deontological and natural law approaches; the virtues; a range of particular moral issues, including economic justice, abortion and euthanasia, animal welfare, and the ethics of the environment. The unit aims to introduce students to a range of ethical theories and their relevance to particular moral questions.

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