Module manager: Dr Graham Bex-Priestley
Email: G.Bex-Priestley@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 Sep to 30 Nov View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
| IDEA5301M | Reason, Virtues and Obligation |
PHIL3301
This module is not approved as a discovery module
To introduce central concepts and approaches in ethics and to provide a preliminary understanding of ideas which will continue to be considered and developed in relation to particular problems and issues through the programme.
On completion of this module, students should have an ability to:
- understand some of the central concepts involved in the study of ethics;
- evaluate critically some of the main theoretical approaches to ethics;
- apply this understanding to the development of thoughtful and well presented arguments which reflect their own critical engagement with the material studied.
Topics such as:
Reason and value; practical reasoning; virtues, choice and character; ought and must; obligation, rights and duties.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Private study hours | 134 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 16 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
Detailed study of required readings plus advance preparation of discussion questions for seminars. Preparation of answers to set coursework assignment questions. Independent reading and research for the preparation of assessed essay(s).
2 x 500 word assignment and 1 x 2000 word essay.
Essay plan (300 words); Gobbet plans (2x 100 words).
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | x2 500 word Gobbets | 40 |
| Essay | 2000 words | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 6/7/2024
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