APG4393 Ethics
Note: prior to 2011, this unit was coded CHB4101.
Handbook Entry:
For unit objectives, contact hours etc., please see the handbook entry.
About this Subject:
When successfully completed, students should have acquired the skills to bring a solid theoretical framework to the analysis and evaluation of issues in bioethics; recognise, analyse, and evaluate ethical arguments; think critically about assumptions underlying debates in bioethics and applied ethics and recognise that certain issues in ethical theory are of intrinsic interest and value.
Preliminary Reading:
- Tony Hope, Medical Ethics: a very short introduction, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Simon Blackburn, Being Good, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Prescribed Texts:
There are no prescribed texts for on-campus students enrolled in this unit.
The following are prescribed texts for distance education students enrolled in this unit:
- James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, The elements of moral philosophy, 6th ed, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
- Peter Singer (ed.), Ethics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Recommended Texts:
- David Copp (ed.), The Oxford handbook of ethical theory, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007 (pbk).
- James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, The elements of moral philosophy, 6th ed, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
- Samuel Scheffler (ed.), Consequentialism and its critics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Peter Singer (ed.), Ethics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994.