PHIL1030 The Individual and Society

Professor Craig Taylor

2017

4.5

2 x 1-hour lectures weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly

PHIL1030A has been successfully completed

Assignments; Tutorial presentation; Tutorial participation.

An introduction to moral and social philosophy through a study of modern conceptions of freedom, power and morality. It considers questions such as: Is what we do really right or wrong? What are the fundamental principles of morality? Do we need government, and, if so, how should we be governed? Is our society a free society?

This topic aims to:

address in an introductory way the key issues in metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy in modern philosophy
encourage students to comprehend and identify key points in contemporary discussion of metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy
encourage students to formulate approaches to issues and develop, making reference to significant contributions in modern philosophy, a relatively simple argument for an important position in some key debates in all three of the areas of contemporary metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy
equip students to:
- comprehend in a basic way significant positions and arguments in all three of the areas of contemporary metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy
- engage in relatively simple but sound argument for or against some of those positions
- evaluate the soundness of significant arguments found in modern philosophy for and against those positions

Students must demonstrate that they:

have read and understood introductory discussions of some important issues in contemporary metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy
have read and understood some key arguments on important issues in contemporary metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy
can articulate in discussion and written work:
- their understanding of some important issues in contemporary metaethics, normative ethics and political philosophy that interest them
- a philosophical debate on these issues
rationally-drawn conclusions from the debate thus presented

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