Ethics An Introduction (Online
their own positions on various issues, and why they hold them.
Thegraduate schoolexists to provide a stimulating and enriching environment for postgraduate students.
help students understand that and why there is more to ethics than following rules;
Thegraduate schoolexists to provide a stimulating and enriching environment for postgraduate students.
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The epistemology and metaphysics of utilitarianism
2. Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning
5. Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law
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The virtuous act versus the virtuous agent
Her research interests include ethics, political philosophy, the ethics of war, bioethics, Hannah Arendt and the subject of evil.
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In this introduction to ethics, the philosophy of morality, we shall examine four important ethical theories (virtue ethics, deontologiy, expressivism and utilitarianism), applying them to two practical questions: the rights of animals and euthanasia. There will be plenty of opportunity to engage in debate and test your own thinking.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PGCert)
Take this course for CATS points: 10.00
Non-cognitivism and animal rights
Debating from positions given rather than from personal belief (to hone skills of debate)
Reading academic philosophy
Euthanasia and moral theory
Shafer-Landau, Russ: (Ed);Ethical Theory: An AnthologySecond Edition(Blackwell`s, Oxford, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-470-67160-3)
The areas you will cover in this course are:
3. Virtue ethics: virtue, values and character
Many courses can be studied forcreditwhich means they can count towards a recognised qualification.
Shlomit Harrosh is a Shalom Hartman Institute research fellow at the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought.
Assessment for this course is based on two written assignments – one short assignment due half way through the course and one longer assignment due at the end of the course. Students will have about two weeks to complete each assignment.
Questions to be answered in personal folders
6. Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus
the difference between first and second order ethical questions;
Virtue ethics and animal rights
Rights and responsibilities
Freedom, knowledge and responsibility
Happiness: quantity and quality
To participate in the course you will need to have regular access to the Internet and you will need to buy the following book:
Assignments are not graded but are marked either pass or fail.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PGDip)
The regulation of animal research in the UK
Happiness and the moral law
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The epistemology of virtue ethics
Reason cannot motivate action
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introduce students to the different philosophical theories of ethics, and the arguments for and against them;
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The metaphysics of virtue ethics
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By the end of this course students will be able to explain:
some arguments for and against absolute moral truth;
All students who successfully complete this course, whether registered for credit or not, are eligible for a Certificate of Completion. Completion consists of submitting both course assignments and actively participating in the course forums. Certificates will be available, online, for those who qualify after the course finishes.
Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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The moral law and the law of the land
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the nature of the four moral theories studied, the arguments for and against them, and how they can be compared and constrasted;
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The formula of universal law
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enable students to come to and defend their own positions on various ethical issues
Moral judgements as expressions of passion not reason
Cognitive Behavioural Studies (PGCert)
International Wildlife Conservation Practice
Applying what you have learned in the first six units to two ethical problems that are currently (or have recently been) under public discussion.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Utilitarianism and speciesism
A stable and general perspective
In this introduction to ethics, the philosophy of morality, we shall be considering questions of both practice (is lying wrong? Must we keep our promises?) and theory (what makes an action wrong? Is it only human who worry about morality? How do we apply moral theory to society?). We shall examine four important ethical theories (Aristotles virtue ethics, Kants deontologiy, Humes expressivism and Mills utilitarianism) and we shall apply them to two practical questions: the rights of animals and euthanasia. There will be plenty of opportunity to engage in debate and to test your own moral theories.
This course is delivered online; to participate you must to be familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet. You will also need regular access to the Internet and a computer meeting our recommendedminimum computer specification.
1. Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning
how moral questions are applied in a social context;
4. Humean ethics: Non-cognitivism, the passions and moral motivation
We strongly recommend that you try to find a little time each week to engage in the online conversations (at times that are convenient to you) as the forums are an integral, and very rewarding, part of the course and the online learning experience.
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Poll on moral truth and falsehood
Right and wrong and knowledge of right and wrong
Moral and political obedience
Group discussions of particular issues
Students Take Part in Prestigious Post-War Project
Absolute and relative truth
Why should we adopt Humean ethics?
A deontological view of animal rights
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Interpreting utilitarianism
why moral dilemmas are ineliminable and difficult;
introduce students to philosophical ethics;
International Primary Care Research Leadership (PGCert)
Non-cognitivism: a stable and general perspective
Utilitarianism and euthanasia
Why should we adopt deontology?
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Act and rule utilitarianism
The doctrine of double effect
Coursework is an integral part of all online courses and everyone enrolled will be expected to do coursework, but only those who have registered for credit will be awarded CATS points for completing work at the required standard. If you are enrolled on the Certificate of Higher Education you need to indicate this on the enrolment form but there is no additional registration fee.
Shlomit holds a B.A. in philosophy and psychology and an M.A. in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shlomit completed her doctoral thesis at Oxford University on the concept of evildoing from a moral perspective and tutors online philosophy courses for the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education.
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The metaphysics of Humean ethics
Assignments are not graded but are marked either pass or fail.
Why should we be utilitarians?
