CHB5101

Ethics

Justin Oakley (on campus); Justin Oakley (distance education)

12 points -3 hours per week (on-campus students) -First semester -Clayton -Distance education students can take this subject in either semester

Objectives As for CHB4101, with the additional objective of developing a sufficient understanding of long-standing debates about the nature of ethics to provide a basis for forming your own views on these issues.

Synopsis As for CHB4101.

Assessment Essay (2000 words): 20% -Essay (4000 words): 50% -Take-home exam (3000 words): 30% -Distance education students are also required to keep a journal, recording their work for each topic.

Preliminary reading

Charlesworth M Life, death, genes and ethics ABC Books, 1989
Nagel T What does it all mean? OUP, 1987

Prescribed texts

Rachels J The elements of moral philosophy, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Singer P Ethics OUP, 1994
Other readings will also be prescribed for each class.

Recommended texts

Scheffler S (ed.) Consequentialism and its critics OUP, 1988
Singer P (ed.) A companion to ethics Blackwell, 1993

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