Value Theory

This subject is not offered in 2014.

An average of 10 hours each week.

Admission to fourth year Honours or the Postgraduate Diploma in the discipline of Philosophy

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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.

Students who successfully 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.

A 5000-word research essay 100% (due at the end of semester).

Hurdle Requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject. Regular participation in class is required. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Subject readings will be available online

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully 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.