PHIL136-20SU2 (D) Summer Nov 2020 start (Distance)

Ethics Today

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 November 2020
End Date: Sunday, 13 December 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 13 November 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 November 2020

Description

Ethics Today

Every day we face, or are affected by, ethical issues arising from the internet, punishment, globalisation, government, and our everyday interactions with others. Is the death penalty justified? Is it ever okay to gossip or lie? Should you donate money to help starving people on the other side of the world? Should all drugs be decriminalised? Is your fitbit going to betray you? These are just a few of the questions we will discuss in this course. We will consider both what our ethical obligations to others are, and what obligations governments and companies have to us.

This course is organised into five main topics:
·      The Internet
·      Interpersonal Dilemmas
·      Crime and Punishment
·      Global Obligations
·      Autonomy and Paternalism

This course offers you an opportunity to think about real world problems and the questions they raise.

Timetable Note

Lecture recordings of the on campus lectures will be available on Echo360 after each lecture:
Monday: 2 hours
Tuesday: 2 hours
Wednesday: 1 hour

Contact Person

Roseanna Brailsford

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $3,375.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All PHIL136 Occurrences

  • PHIL136-20SU2 (C) Summer Nov 2020 start
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