Description
How can we judge what is right, and what wrong? Is morality just a matter of personal opinion? From where does the state get its authority? Are there limits to that authority? In this subject, you will explore some of the most influential, and often competing, philosophical theories of ethics and society. You will do so by studying the theories of the most important thinkers in Western history: from Socrates to contemporary thinkers.
Subject details
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Code | PHIL11-121 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Society & Design |
| Semesters offered |
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| Credit | 10 |
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Learning outcomes
1. Identify, analyse, evaluate and communicate broad and coherent theoretical knowledge of concepts in the western tradition of ethical and political thought. 2. Independently and in teams, generate and transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems related to the western tradition of ethical and political thought. 3. Apply knowledge of the western tradition of ethical and political thought to professional work and/or further learning, demonstrating well-developed judgement and responsibility.
Enrolment requirements
| Requisites: ? | Nil |
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Subject outlines
Subject dates
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens | 18/07/2021 |
| Semester start | 13/09/2021 |
| Subject start | 13/09/2021 |
| Cancellation 1? | 27/09/2021 |
| Cancellation 2? | 04/10/2021 |
| Last enrolment | 26/09/2021 |
| Withdraw – Financial? | 09/10/2021 |
| Withdraw – Academic? | 30/10/2021 |
| Teaching census? | 08/10/2021 |
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens | 17/07/2022 |
| Semester start | 12/09/2022 |
| Subject start | 12/09/2022 |
| Cancellation 1? | 26/09/2022 |
| Cancellation 2? | 03/10/2022 |
| Last enrolment | 25/09/2022 |
| Withdraw – Financial? | 08/10/2022 |
| Withdraw – Academic? | 29/10/2022 |
| Teaching census? | 07/10/2022 |