Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module provides a comprehensive introduction to ethics to enable course participants to further explore key contemporary ethical issues from an informed philosophical perspective. The module will firstly examine the phenomenon of morality and the emergence of the philosophical discipline of ethics as a critical study of human morality. It will explore how ethical theories influence ethical decision-making and provide frameworks for ethical reasoning and analysis. The significance and relevance of ethics for professional life and society will also be examined. An array of contemporary ethical issues, problems and challenges will be explored and analysed to facilitate an active and creative interaction between theory and practice. Class participation and discussion will be facilitated and encouraged. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate an in-depth and systematic understanding of a broad range of ethical theories and traditions that are at the forefront of the field of general and applied ethics. 2. Display a critical awareness of contemporary public and professional ethical issues that is informed by a philosophical perspective. 3. Select from advance ethical decision-making models that incorporate both a theoretical and an applied approach to ethics. 4. Apply and appraise various philosophically-based frameworks for dealing with ethical problems, challenges and dilemmas. 5. Begin to self-evaluate and take responsibility for continuing academic and professional development within the field of ethics. 6. Apply skills in scrutinising and reflecting on specific ethical challenges arising from contemporary work practices and more general issues. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Phenomenon of MoralityDefining Concepts: Ethics & MoralityApproaches to Philosophical Ethics: Normative, Applied, Descriptive and MetaethicsMoral Concepts, Reasoning & ArgumentationEthical Theories: Consequentialism (Egoism & Utilitarianism, Deonotology (Kantian Ethics), Natural Law, Virtue EthicsMetaethics (Intuitionism, Emotivism, Prescriptivism, Relativism) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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Other Resources 40938, E-Journal, 0, Ethics, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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