Year
2016
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 2-hour seminar weekly
Enrolment not permitted
PHIL2345 has been successfully completed
Topic description
This topic examines a range of contemporary ethical issues in professional life. Particular issues to be discussed include: the concept of a profession, the client-professional relationship, problems of informed consent and confidentiality, privacy, deception, whistle-blowing, individual and collective responsibility and professional codes.
Educational aims
This topic aims to:
- introduce students to a broad range of ethical issues across the professions and to various moral theories and philosophical ideas that will assist students in dealing with them
- improve students' reasoning skills by helping them make careful distinctions between issues and pay close attention to arguments
- improve students' written and oral communication skills
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic students will have:
- knowledge of central ethical issues in a range of professions such as law, medicine and other healthcare professions, journalism, advertising and accounting
- the ability to identify ways of dealing effectively with these issues
- improved their critical reading and reasoning skills, both in verbal form and in writing
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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