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PHIL 1103 - Morality, Society and the Individual

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3820
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Assessment: Tutorial active participation, Online logic and reading quizzes, In class essay assessment, Major essay
Syllabus:

Morality plays a part in everyone's life. But what exactly is it, and why is it important? Are there any objective, universal moral truths, or are moral rightness and wrongness in some way relative to societies, or to individuals? Can morality be grounded in religion, or in facts about human nature? This course will ask what constraints a society is morally entitled to impose on its individual members, and what kinds of freedom from interference individuals are entitled to claim from their society. It will also ask how it is possible that anything really matters, if the universe does not itself have a purpose. The course will introduce you to some of the most influential answers that philosophers have given to these questions, and to the arguments they have used to defend their views. But its main aim is to help you to answer them clearly for yourself.

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Units
 EFTSL
Amount
3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here


Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3820 Mon 06/08/2018 Fri 31/08/2018 Fri 14/09/2018 Fri 26/10/2018


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20993 LE01 200 83 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 10am - 11am Barr Smith South, 3029, Flentje Lecture Theatre
27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 1pm - 2pm Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 10am - 11am Barr Smith South, 3029, Flentje Lecture Theatre
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 1pm - 2pm Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
28443 LEC0 100 31 This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details.
Note: This lecture can be viewed on the web through Canvas so there is no time or location allocated to it.
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20994 TU11 20 FULL 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
20995 TU10 38 12 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 9am - 10am Nexus10, UB40, Teaching Room
1 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 9am - 10am Nexus10, UB40, Teaching Room
20996 TU09 22 3 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 12pm - 1pm Ligertwood, 228, Teaching Room
1 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 12pm - 1pm Ligertwood, 228, Teaching Room
20998 TU07 20 2 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 4pm - 5pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 4pm - 5pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
20999 TU06 22 3 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 11am - 12pm Ligertwood, 228, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 11am - 12pm Ligertwood, 228, Teaching Room
21000 TU05 20 6 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 3pm - 4pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 3pm - 4pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
21001 TU04 20 2 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 2pm - 3pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 2pm - 3pm Lower Napier, LG19, Teaching Room
21002 TU03 20 2 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 1pm - 2pm Lower Napier, LG11, Teaching Room
1 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 1pm - 2pm Lower Napier, LG11, Teaching Room
21003 TU02 20 3 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 9am - 10am Lower Napier, LG09, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 9am - 10am Lower Napier, LG09, Teaching Room
21004 TU01 22 5 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 9am - 10am Ligertwood, 228, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 9am - 10am Ligertwood, 228, Teaching Room