Course overview
This course is an overview of philosophical approaches to some of the deepest and most eternal questions confronting us: ‘What is there?’, ‘What are we?’, ‘What is a good life?’, and ‘Why are we here?’. Topics to be examined include the nature of personal identity, relativism and objectivism in ethics, the good life, and the existence of God.
- Personal Identity: What makes me the same person through time?
- Meta-ethics & Value Theory: Can moral standards be true? What does a good life consist in?
- The Nature and Existence of God: Does God exist? Could belief in God be rational?
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the main debates around personal identity, relativism vs. objectivism in ethics, the good life, and the existence of God.
- Create and revise extended written arguments on the nature of personal identity, relativism and objectivism in ethics, the good life, and core topics in the philosophy of religion.
- Analyse and evaluate arguments about the nature of personal identity, relativism vs. objectivism in ethics, the good life, and core topics in the philosophy of religion.
- Reflect on philosophical problems about personal identity, relativism vs. objectivism in ethics, the good life, and core topics in the philosophy of religion and communicate thoughts and ideas about those problems effectively.
Degree list
The following degrees include this course