Postgraduate Module Descriptor

PHLM006: Contemporary Ethics

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Practical and theoretical themes relating to current problems.  

The role of human nature arguments in current practical ethics such as interspecies ethics, violence, and responsibility in relation to oneself, others and global ethics on the one hand the importance of meaning, rules and normativity on the other.  

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
242760

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities2010 x 2 hour taught sessions- 30 minute lectures and 1.5 hour seminar discussion of readings for each 2-hour session. Students need to prepare by reading assigned texts
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities4Facilitated 4 hour group discussion, student presentations
Guided Independent Study34Analyse course reading and write a succinct summary of the key arguments of the text., to be submitted early on in the course
Guided Independent Study80Analyse course reading, study critical debate on them, write a brief review essay to be submitted midterm of the course
Guided Independent Study42Conduct guided and independent research, to prepare essay theme and individual presentation on it in a dedicated course session
Guided Independent Study120Writing independent research essay Conduct guided and independent research on a theme from the course, write a scholarly essay to be submitted at the end of term.

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).