This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. 10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT.
Students will be expected to produce 3 essays in the MT and LT.
Thomson, J.J. ?Self-Defense?, Philosophy and Public Affairs 20 (1991)
Otsuka, M. ?Killing the Innocent in Self-Defense?, Philosophy and Public Affairs 23 (1994)
Quinn, W. ?Actions, Intentions and Consequences: The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing?, The Philosophical Review 98 (1989)
?verland, G. ?Moral Obstacles: An Alternative to the Doctrine of Double Effect?, Ethics 124 (2014)
Parry, J. ?Defensive Harm, Consent, and Intervention?, Philosophy and Public Affairs 43 (2017)
Geoff Sayre-McCord, 'Metaethics', The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Essay (30%, 2000 words) and take-home assessment (60%) in the ST. Class participation (10%). The exam component of the course will be a take-home assessment. Students will have one week to complete the assessment, but the expectation is that the assessment will require the equivalent amount of work as a two-hour sat exam.