2009 Course Handbook
PHIL242: Practical Ethics
This unit focuses on philosophical debates concerning a range of ethical issues at the boundaries of life and death. Topics include: death and harm, abortion, suicide, euthanasia, just war theory, terrorism, nonviolence and environmental ethics. Discussion of these topics is structured around a number of key philosophical concepts, including: notions of harm; conceptions of the body, the person and identity; justified killing; the nature of harm and the type of things that can be harmed. Although there are scientific, technological, legal, political and religious dimensions to many of the issues discussed, this unit aims primarily to develop an understanding of some of the specifically philosophical and conceptual problems that they raise.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (On Campus session: No session) |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Cynthia Townley |
| Prerequisites: | 12cp or admission to GDipPhil |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Philosophy |
Timetable Information
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