2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PHIL3321 Metaethics

20 creditsClass Size: 150

Module manager: Dr Pekka Vayrynen
Email: p.vayrynen@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisite qualifications

PHIL1002 plus EITHER PHIL2321 or PHIL2322

Module replaces

PHIL3200

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

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

- understand main concepts, issues and positions on a range of metaethical issues;
- interpret and analyse arguments on metaethical topics; and
- express this understanding in a written essay.

Syllabus

Topics to be covered may typically include:
- meaning, truth and knowledge in ethics;
- the nature of moral judgment;
- the nature of normativity;
- non-cognitivism, cognitivism, eliminativism, projectivism;
- realism, anti-realism, skepticism and antiskepticism;
- relativism and antirelativism;
- moral psychology.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	16	1.00	16.00
Tutorial	4	1.00	4.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Tutorial preparation: 45 hours;
Essay preparation: 60 hours;
Lecture preparation: 25 hours;
Associated reading: 50 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Tutorial performance and first assessment (essay).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	2,000 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/10/2008

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