180207 PS Intoduction to Ethics (2008W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie

Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung:
Fr 31.10. 11-13 Uhr HS 3C

Di 16.12.: 10-13 Uhr 2G und 13-15 Uhr 3A
Mi 17.12.: 10 bis 14 Uhr 3B und 14-15 Uhr 3A
Do 18.12.: 12 - 17 Uhr 3E
Fr 19.12.: 10 - 15 Uhr 2H

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).

Registration is open from Mo 15.09.2008 12:00 to Su 05.10.2008 20:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2008 20:00

Details

max. 35 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Christoph Kletzer

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course introduces students to a selection of the main problems in moral philosophy from an Anglo-American perspective. Topics to be discussed are: the status and nature of ethical claims, varieties of consequentialism, the concept of rights, moral relativism and deontological foundationalism.

Assessment and permitted materials

In order to obtain a Zeugnis students have to meet 3 requirements: (i) at least some participation in class; (ii) a short assignment to be completed between the preliminary session in October and the block-seminar in December; the assignment consists in answering three questions about the set texts; (iii) giving a presentation or submitting an essay.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

In the last years the format of having one intense week of alternating student presentations, debates, and coffee breaks has proven highly successful both in terms of student satisfaction and the standard of the debate.

Reading list

A reading list will be provided in the preliminary session and can be found on http://homepage.univie.ac.at/christoph.kletzer/assets/Reading.pdf

Association in the course directory

§ 2.5 und 3.2.3, BA M6.1

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