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PHIL506 Ethics in a Faith Based Context

10 cp
Prerequisites
: Nil
Teaching Organisation: This unit involves 150 hours of focused learning. The total includes formally structured learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, online learning, video-conferencing, or supervision. The remaining hours typically involve reading, research, and the preparation of tasks for assessment.

This unit introduces students to practical ethical decision-making from the perspective of the Catholic moral tradition. The unit draws on the history of philosophical ethics along with examples of practical decision-making in order to enable students to develop their own response to the fundamental ethical question, “How should I live?” Case studies drawn from the specific context of the students’ professional experience and environment are examined and analysed. These cases are used as a means to engage classical contributors to the Catholic moral tradition.

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