Value Theory

Subject 161-433 (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook

Credit Points:

12.50

Level:

4 (Undergraduate)

Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.

Pre-teaching Period Start	not applicable
Teaching Period	not applicable
Assessment Period End	not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol	not applicable
Census Date	not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail	not applicable

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Time Commitment:

Contact Hours: A 2-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment: 2 contact hours/week, 8 additional hours/week. Total of 10 hours per week.

Prerequisites:

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in philosophy.

Corequisites:

None

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

None

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Coordinator

Dr Francois Schroeter

Contact

Assoc Prof Christopher Cordner

ccordner@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:	This subject will involve an advanced study of problems and issues in contemporary value theory, normally concentrating on issues in ethics and metaethics. In some years, the course may instead focus on issues in contemporary aesthetics. On completion of the subject, students should be able to bring philosophical reflection to bear more widely on their lives.
Objectives:	Students who sucessfully complete this subject will have become acquainted with some central themes and preoccupations of recent philosophical thought about ethics (or aesthetics); be able to think critically about the assumptions and commitments inherent in the themes discussed; be able to reflect better about the ethical (or aesthetic) aspects of human life.
Assessment:	A 5000-word essay 100% (due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts:	A subject reader will be available from the bookshop at the start of semester.
Breadth Options:	This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:	Students who sucessfully complete this subject will be able to bring to bear the philosophical understanding developed in this subject on their other studies, inside and outside philosophy; be able to express their ideas more clearly; develop a sense of where the limits of philosophical argument lie.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations:	Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy

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