Undergraduate Course: Morality and Value (PHIL08015)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The aim of this course is to introduce students to some of the problems and concepts in moral philosophy that are central to philosophy as a discipline. The examination of these problems and concepts will develop students' ability to understand and critically evaluate philosophical ideas and arguments. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
151 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 mid-term essay (1500 words and 1 exam at the end of the semester.
Coursework counts for 25%; exam for 75%. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Morality, Rationality and Value | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Morality, Rationality and Value | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
In lectures and small group tutorials, students will:
Understand foundational positions about the nature of morality and moral judgment, and associated issues about the objectivity of morality and moral judgment.
Understand the main arguments for and against the rationality of moral conduct.
Understand classic arguments and issues surrounding the connection (or lack thereof) between religion and morality.
Understand the debate between hedonistic and non-hedonistic theories of value, and associated issues and distinctions in axiology.
Understand the debate between consequentailist and deontological theories of right action.
Understand the key ideas in contractualist approaches to moral and political philosophy.
Understand the ideas animating virtue-ethical approaches to moral philosophy.
Have some appreciation of the significance of these issues for other areas of philosophy.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Michael Ridge
Tel: (0131 6)50 3657
Email: M.Ridge@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Menzies
Tel: (0131 6)50 9870
Email: Sophie.Menzies@ed.ac.uk |
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