Applied Ethics Thesis Part 1 (PHIL90043)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of philosophical argumentation and theory;
• demonstrate a substantial knowledge of one or more areas in the study of applied ethics;
• understand the theoretical sources of the key concepts in these areas of study;
• developed research and analysis skills to enable further study in the area of applied ethics at ahigher academic level
• understand the application of these concepts to their professional field or study area; and
• present theories and arguments concisely and critically.

Generic skills

• understand and analyse complex ethical issues;
• detect ambiguity, vagueness, inconsistency, and other weaknesses in expression
• distinguish different types of question, claim or argument, and respond to them appropriately
• distinguish what is relevant to a given issue from what is not
• see ways in which an argument or explanation could be improved