Module PHLM006 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
PHLM006: Contemporary Ethics
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 individual presentation of a course reading to the class | 15 minutes | 1,2,3,6,7 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 70 | 5000 words | 1,2,3,4,5,8 | Written |
| 1 Reading summary - essay | 10 | 1000 words | 1,2,3,4,8 | Oral and written |
| 1 Review essay | 20 | 2000 words | 1,2,3,4,8 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay | 1,2,3,4,5,8 | August/September reassessment period |
| 1 Reading summary - essay | 1 x review reading summary - essay | 1, 2, 3, 4,8 | August/September reassessment period |
| 1 Review essay | 1x Review essay | 1, 2, 3, 4,8 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
The grade percentage per re-assessment is the same as for assessments
Essay 5000 words is 70%
Reading summary essay 1000 words is 10%
Review essay 2000 words is 20%
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Readings will be part journal articles, book chapters and a few books and where possible available on a module online reading list on ELE.
Indicative Readings:
Jürgen Habermas: The Future of Human Nature, Polity Press 2003
S. Kagan, What's Wrong with Speciesism?, Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol 33 (1), 2016, 1–21
Angela Smith, Responsibility for Attitudes: Activity and Passivity in Mental Life, Ethics, 115:2, 2005
Judith Butler, Senses of the Subject, Fordham University Press 2015
Antti Kauppinen, "Meaningfulness", in Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Well-Being, ed. Guy Fletcher, Abingdon: Routledge 2015, 281-291.
Allan Gibbard (2012), Meaning and Normativity, Oxford University Press
Thomas Pogge, Real World Justice, The Journal of Ethics 9, Nos. 1-2 (2005), 29-53, 31
Seyla Benhabib, Dignity in Adversity. Human Rights in Troubled Times, Polity Press 2011
