Unit name | Readings in Value Theory |
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Unit code | PHIL10033 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Pearson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | Department of Philosophy |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will explore one or more key issues in Value Theory through the close reading of two or more central works by key historical thinkers in the area and by the critical analysis of the ideas and arguments these works present. The unit will also introduce students to some of the key secondary literature on the relevant texts and will consider how the ideas presented in these texts relate to each other and to issues in the modern philosophical debate.
On successful completion of the unit students will be able to:
Teaching by:
22 x 1 hour lectures
11 x 1 hour seminars
3000 word summative essay (85%) designed to test ILOs 1-5
10 minute summative presentation (15%) designed to test ILOs 1-6
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics, (translated by David Ross, revised by J. L. Ackrill and J. O. Urmson), OUP, 1998.
S. Broadie and C. Rowe, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, OUP, 2002.
Confucius, The Analects, (translated by D. Lau), Penguin, 1979.
Plato, Five Dialogues, (translated by G Grube), Hackett, 2002.
Irwin, T., Plato’s Ethics, OUP, 1995