Postgraduate Course: Ethics and Markets (PGSP11259)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
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Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will examine normative justifications and criticisms of market economies that are concerned with issues of well-being, or ?the good for humans=. It will focus especially on the ethical evaluation of the kinds of social relationships, practices and values that are fostered or undermined by the market, as distinct from questions of distributive justice. It will explore these issues through the critical study of both classical and contemporary texts in political theory and social philosophy, and in doing so it will take account of work in comparative political economy on the ?real-world= nature and variety of market institutions.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 12 |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Seminar Room 6, Crystal Macmillan Building |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate: (i) familiarity with the central concepts, claims and arguments presented in the theoretical texts considered in the course; (ii) an understanding of the relationship between, and the respective forms of justification for, the normative and empirical elements involved in the ethical evaluation of market institutions; (iii) the ability to critically assess the competing ethical judgments about market economies made by their various critics and defenders. |
Assessment Information
| Essay 4.000 words |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Russell Keat
Tel: (0131 6)50 4264
Email: Russell.Keat@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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