Postgraduate Course: Individual and Collective Agency (MSc) (PHIL11041)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Philosophy |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will introduce students to current research on the topic of agency and its implications for ethics.
The course will be divided into three parts:
- The first part will focus on issues in individual agency
- The second part will consider what it is to be an agent more generally, how there can be collective agency and the contrast between individual and collective agency
- The third part will examine some implications for ethics, particularly the location of moral responsibility.
Shared with UG Course U03439 Individual & Collective Agency. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
- analyse the problems that decision theory poses for individual agents and grasp some of the proposed solutions
- compare and contrast agency at different levels
- understand the connection between agency and ethics
- be familiar with a variety of research methodologies from decision theory and ethics
- synthesise literature in decision theory and ethics
- bring analytic and critical tools to bear in reading and writing about current topics of research on agency |
Assessment Information
| One 2500 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | agency ethics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Mccarthy
Tel:
Email: david.mccarthy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: Lynsey.Buchanan@ed.ac.uk |
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