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.
- 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?
- Personal Identity: What makes me the same person through time?
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.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 28884
Section TU05
Size 30
Available 4
Class number 28885
Section TU04
Size 30
Available 17
Class number 28886
Section TU03
Size 30
Available 15
Class number 28887
Section TU02
Size 30
Available 18
Class number 28888
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 15
Class number 31483
Section TU06
Size 0
Available -13
Class details
Magill
Group 1
Class number 58605
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 26
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 58596
Section TU05
Size 30
Available 29
Class number 58597
Section TU04
Size 30
Available 23
Class number 58598
Section TU03
Size 30
Available 25
Class number 58599
Section TU02
Size 30
Available 25
Class number 58600
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 28
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