Admission requirements
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Description
In this course, we shall discuss a number of contemporary ethical debates on questions of life and death. The course is in two parts. First we shall analyse a number of important moral theories, and discuss a number of abstract questions about death, killing, and human flourishing. This paves the way for the second part of the course in which we shall consider the strengths and weaknesses of philosophical arguments that are (being) put forward in a variety of debates on matters of life and death. Debates included in this course are: capital punishment, killing in war, terrorism, animals, suicide, euthanasia, abortion, and future generations.
Course objectives
Course objectives will be posted on Blackboard by the start of the course.
Timetable
Monday, 12:00-15:00
See Collegeroosters Wijsbegeerte 2011-2012 , minor Ethiek, politiek en cultuur: filosofie van het menselijk handelen
Mode of instruction
Seminars
Assessment method
Participation during seminar
Weekly critical notes on course readings
Individual presentations
Individual final paper
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
Christopher W. Morris, Questions of Life and Death. Readings in Practical Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Further course readings will be made available on Blackboard at the start of the course.
Registration
Please register for this course on uSis.
Contact information
Remarks
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