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Ethical Perspectives on Social Issues

Undergraduate | MAQ-PHIX3041 | 2024

Study method
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Assessments
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Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks
Start dates
19 Feb 2024

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Ethical Perspectives on Social Issues

About this subject

  • On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

    1. Outline key issues in the examined social contexts and institutions
    2. Deploy ethical concepts and theories to relevant contexts and case studies
    3. Critically evaluate the ethical arguments relating to key social issues
    4. Formulate and defend your own ideas with clarity and rigour
    5. Appeal to relevant concepts to clearly communicate arguments

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

Others

Pre-requisite: 130cp at 1000 level or above
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PHIL341, PHL341
NCCW (2020 and onwards) PHIL3041

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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UndergraduateMAQ-ART-DEG

Bachelor of Arts

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