Undergraduate - UnitATS2640 - The ethics of global conflict

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	South Africa First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Sampie Terreblanch (South Africa)

Notes

Previously coded INT2920

Synopsis

When, if ever, is warfare justified? What about humanitarian intervention? What about violent revolution and terrorism? Why should civilians be protected in conflict? This unit will introduce students to theoretical approaches to the ethics of conflict that will allow them to answer these difficult questions. It will also serve to introduce students to basic ideas in moral and political philosophy. No background in philosophy is required: merely an interest in rational argument applied to global conflict.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (3500 words)
Test: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Sampie Terreblanch

Contact hours

One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Human rights theory
Philosophy
International studies

Prerequisites

Either a first-year Philosophy sequence, or a first-year International Studies sequence, or a first-year Bioethics sequence or a first-year sequence in Human Rights Theory.

Prohibitions

ATS3640

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/philosophy/ugrad/units/int2920.php