College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Virtues and Vices
Module PHL3013 for 2019/0
Module PHL3013 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL3013: Virtues and Vices
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
- Introduction
- Virtue Ethics: for and against
- What is a virtue? What is a vice?
- Virtues and duties.
- Virtues and happiness.
- The cardinal virtues: wisdom, justice, courage and temperance
- The economic virtues and vices: thrift, generosity, greed and avarice
- The sexual virtues and vices: chastity, modesty and lust
- The military virtues and vices: courage, cowardice and foolhardiness
- Virtues pagan and Christian
- Conclusion
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
---|---|---|
22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 11 | Lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 11 | Tutorials |
Guided Independent study | 128 | Reading, preparing classwork, writing essays and preparing for the exam |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).