Learning outcomes

The student has a good knowledge of some of the themes of modern ethics. S/he can describe and evaluate central themes of contemporary ethical debates and theories, and s/he can use them to analyze ethical problems philosophically.

Contents

The section familiarizes the student with modern classics of ethics and with contemporary debates in ethics.

Evaluation

Study materials

Shafer-Landau, Russ, 2014. The Fundamentals of Ethics, Oxford UP, third edition, 2 ECTS

and one of the following options:

a. MacIntyre, Alasdair 1987. After Virtue. London: Duckworth 3 ECTS;

b. Scanlon, T.M 1998 What We Owe To Each Other, Harvard UP, 3 ECTS;

c. Parfit, Derek, 1984, Reasons and Persons, parts 1,3 and 4, Oxford UP, 3 ECTS;

d. Held, Virginia, 2006 Ethics of Care, Oxford UP and Kittay, Eva, 1999, Love’s Labour (parts 1 & 3), Routledge, 3 ECTS

Books can be examined one at the time.

Belongs to following study modules

2015–2016

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

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