MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

PLT2661

Ethics and public policy

David Muschamp

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: PLT1531/2 and PLT1541/2, or approved equivalent

Synopsis This subject is designed to develop in students a sophisticated appreciation of the interplay between moral theory and practical public decision making. Some of the main topics are: is there any difference between public and private morality? What should we decide about the morality of IVF, abortion, euthanasia, assassination and nuclear weapons? Has the environment an intrinsic value?

Assessment Written (4000 words): 60% + Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Lee S Law and morals OUP, 1986
Regan T (ed.) Matters of life and death 2nd edn, Random House, 1986

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