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Theoretical Ethics

The module 'Theoretical Ethics' (414Z0035) for the academic year 2024-25 explores fundamental questions about morality, including the nature of right and wrong actions and the justification for moral behavior. It covers key ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Virtue Ethics, while also addressing challenges like moral relativism and nihilism. Students will develop critical skills and complete a literature review as part of their assessment, earning 15 credits at Level 4.

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Theoretical Ethics

The module 'Theoretical Ethics' (414Z0035) for the academic year 2024-25 explores fundamental questions about morality, including the nature of right and wrong actions and the justification for moral behavior. It covers key ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Virtue Ethics, while also addressing challenges like moral relativism and nihilism. Students will develop critical skills and complete a literature review as part of their assessment, earning 15 credits at Level 4.

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Module Specification

Module Details and Outline

Module Title Theoretical Ethics

Module Code 414Z0035

Academic Year 2024-25

Module Occurrence/s Mode of Study Location Delivery Period

Full Time On Campus Semester 2

Part Time On Campus Semester 2

Level of Study 4

Credit Value 15

Home Department History, Politics and Philosophy

Faculty Arts and Humanities

Module Leader

Module Description

Brief Summary What is it for an action to be right or wrong, and why should I be moral in the first
place? This unit introduces and critically explains the central issues in theoretical ethics
in order to enable students to evaluate the arguments, positions, and theories that
underpin these questions, and develop their own metaethical position.

Indicative Content Throughout emphasis is placed on developing the critical, analytical and conceptual
skills needed to comprehend the complexity of ethical debates in the modern world and
to engage with them. This unit focussed on central problems in theoretical ethics. The
unit syllabus typically begins with examining three sceptical challenges to common-
sense morality: moral relativism and its relation to moral subjectivism and amoralism
(nihilism), respectively. We will then examine some philosophical attempts to provide
rational grounds, against amoralism and nihilism, for adhering to common-sense moral
code. The second part of the unit is devoted to normative ethics where we typically
critically examine the relative merit of the main three approaches in ethical theory:
Utilitarianism, Kantianism and Virtue Ethics. The aim will be to see whether either of
these moral philosophical systems manages to capture what makes and action right or
wrong and what, if anything, role our common-sense moral intuitions about moral
rightness and wrongness should play in evaluating normative ethical theories.

Resource Requirements

Learning Outcomes

Module Learning On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
Outcomes
1 Find different kinds of research resources in theoretical ethics.

2 Synthesise information from a variety of primary and secondary sources in


theoretical ethics.

Summative Assessment

Weight Method Description Final

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Component?

1 100 % Report A 1500 word literature review: students have to find four different No
kinds of research source in TE and then summarise each of these

Additional Comments

N/A

Version Control

Module Status Approved Module Version 4.0

File Download Date 14 November 2024

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