Postgraduate Course: War and Morality (PLIT11011)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course addresses the following kinds of critical question. Under what conditions, if any, is a country morally entitled to go to war? Only to defend itself against aggression by others, or to further some of the legitimate goals of a nationally self-determining country? Is humanitarian intervention merely permissible or, in some cases, mandatory as well?
TOPICS COVERED
War and collective self-defence
Preventive war
Humanitarian intervention
War and legitimate authority
The principle of non-combatant immunity
Torture
Terrorism
War crime tribunals |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | As above. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 25 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two essays (50% each). |
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Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course, students will have read major texts and articles in just war theory; they will have learnt to use analytical tools and concepts which are important not merely to this particular area of study, but to moral and political philosophy in general (such as right doctrines, the doctrine of double effect, the doctrine of acts and omissions, etc.). They will have learnt to use historical, factual examples in support of philosophical, normative claims.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elizabeth Cripps
Tel: (0131 6)51 1948
Email: elizabeth.cripps@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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