Kf230 Ethics, Supplementary part

Code 71033

Scope cr 1 - 5

Objectives

The aim is to present the principal concepts, problems and traditions in normative ethics, as well as value and norm theories and their practical applications.

Prerequisites

Kf110, Kfl20 and Kfl31, Kf230 compulsory part.

Mode of assessment

Lecture courses with examinations, and/or a written report on a theme using sources agreed with the supervisor and/or book examination in a faculty examination.

Literature examinations

Teacher / Contact person

Prof. Timo Airaksinen

Courses

Literature

The lecture course or faculty examination can be supplemented by one or more of the following options c-i:

c)

  • Blackburn S: Ruling Passions (2 credits)

d)

  • Critchley S: Ethics of Deconstruction: Derrida and Levinas (2 credits)

e) complete both:

  • Hooker B: Ideal Code, Real World
  • Häyry M: Mahdollisimman monen onnellisuus (3 credits)

f)

  • MacIntyre A: After Virtue (2 credits)

g)

  • Madison G & Fairbarn M: The Ethics of Postmodernity: Current Trends in Continental Thought (2 credits)

h)

  • Miller A: An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics (2 credits)

i)

  • Smith M: The Moral Problem (2 credits).
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