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The Distance Mode of MA in Values and the Environment at Lancaster University

401 Ethical Theory and Philosophical Method

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This module is under constructions. The live links will take you to some basic materials on ethics that could be helpful with other modules, such as 403

Introduction to ethical theory Small case study 1 Reading for the Argument
Utilitarianism Small case study 2 Validity and Soundness
Problems with utilitarianism Large case study 1 Analysing reasons
Rights based theories Large case study 2  
Problems with rights approaches    
Virtue theory Group presentation  
Feminist ethics Group presentation