Postgraduate Course: Advanced Ethics (Online) (PHIL11134)
Course Outline
School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course is aimed at offering a selection of cutting-edge topics in ethics, with a particular focus on meta-ethics, and thus the ontology, epistemology, and semantics of morality. Possible
topics include: non-naturalism, naturalism, error-theory, expressivism, and response-dependence analyses. Students on this course would ordinarily be expected to have successfully completed the corresponding Ethics course (PHIL11129).
Please note that this course will begin in *January 2016* not 2015. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Ethics (Online) (PHIL11129)
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Students will develop their knowledge of key issues in contemporary ethics. They will also develop their skills in critical thinking and in the oral and written presentation of philosophical arguments.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Additional Class Delivery Information |
The course will begin in January 2016. This course is only for MSc/Dip/Cert Epistemology, Ethics and Mind students. |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Deborah Roberts
Tel: (0131 6)51 5171
Email: D.Roberts@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: Lynsey.Buchanan@ed.ac.uk |
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