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PHIL3686: Core Issues in Practical Philosophy
2024 unit information
This unit addresses key questions in practical philosophy via three connected modules. In the first we consider the nature of values, whether and how we can acquire moral and aesthetic knowledge, and how this knowledge relates to human flourishing. In the second module we ask what makes an issue political, and consider the relationship between the political and the ethical. In the third we engage with normative issues that arise when studying the history of philosophy, such as how we can assess historical worldviews that differ greatly from our own, and how we should determine which historical figures are centrally important to the discipline.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Philosophy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an understanding of the debate between moralists and realists in contemporary political philosophy.
- LO2. Demonstrate an understanding of the debate over the nature and aims of conceptual engineering in contemporary philosophy.
- LO3. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between philosophy and practice in ancient philosophy.
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