MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
(ii) Contemporary moral issues
Aubrey Townsend (coordinator) and others
Synopsis This subject aims to show how reasoning can clarify and help to
resolve practical moral issues. Likely topics include: (a) Is abortion right or
wrong? Does the answer depend on whether the foetus is a human being and has
the right to life, or is the crucial issue whether the woman has a right to
choose how her body is to be used? (b) Should seriously ill people be permitted
to end their lives when they wish? (c) What is the moral status of animals? (d)
Does the environmental crisis indicate that we need a new environmental
ethic?
Assessment Essay (1200 words): 25% + Examination: 25%
Prescribed texts
- Singer P Practical ethics 2nd edn, CUP, 1993
Recommended reading
- Glover J Causing death and saving lives Penguin
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