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PHIL606 Values, Beliefs and Practical Ethics

10 cp
Prerequisites
Nil
Teaching Organisation A variety of modes such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, and directed reading.

This unit will survey some of the major faith traditions and their approach to a range of questions of morals and values. These approaches will be compared and contrasted to Christian treatments of such questions. Contemporary ethical theory will provide a context for this examination of different religious traditions through the discussion of such issues as the nature of moral reasoning, and the plausibility of various forms of ethical relativism.

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