Universität Wien

180010 VO+UE Introduction to Applied Ethics and its Methodologies (2015W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

Location: Seminar room, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Donaufelderstraße 159, 1210 Wien
(Yello building next to the tram station "Donaufelderstrasse/Josef–Baumangasse)

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Blocktermine: Termin 14.00-17.30 Uhr
24.11.2015
1.12.2015
15.12.2015
22.12.2015
12.01.2015
19.01.2015
26.01.2015
Ort: Messerli Forschungsinstitut, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Wien
Alle Termine sind im Seminar Raum Messerli (AZ04St23)


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture will focus on the main issues of Practical Ethics. Bottom-up accounts will be contrasted with top-down accounts. Feasible methodologies will be trained and their advantages and disadvantages as well as their methodological limitations will be discussed. Methods in Practical Ethics (e.g. developed by Mepham, Ropohl, Huppenbauer/Bleisch, Grimm) will be taught and also exercised throughout the lecture

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The lecture aims to provide the students with methodological frameworks which they can apply to cases and their own research.

Examination topics

Relevant methods in applied ethics will be introduced and presented by the lecturer. The students will train and apply the methodologies to study cases in workshops and present the results throughout the class.

Reading list


Association in the course directory

M3 D. Ethik/ Angewandte Ethik, Politische Philosophie, Sozialphilosophie

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