Module overview
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Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Work effectively to deadlines.
- Undertake independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources
- Express views clearly and concisely.
- Take notes from talks and written materials.
- Contribute to discussion in a critical but dispassionate way.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Interpret, synthesise and criticise philosophically complex texts and positions
- Articulate and defend your own views regarding the issues the module concerns
- Present philosophical ideas in writing, clearly and carefully
- Debate and criticise ideas and arguments in an even-handed fashion.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- influential theories in metaethics.
- the arguments for and against theories in metaethics.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Completion of assessment task | 22 |
Follow-up work | 24 |
Lecture | 33 |
Revision | 23 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 24 |
Wider reading or practice | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Metaethics : A Contemporary Introduction, by Mark van Roojen (Routledge, 2015).
Textbooks
Andrew Fisher (2011). Metaethics. Acumen.
Simon Kirchin (2012). Metaethics. Palgrave.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Essay proposal
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Students will receive written feedback. Students have the opportunity to receive further feedback from the module co-ordinator on any aspect of their performance during office hours or by appointment.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 100%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Essay | 60% |
Timed Assignment | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Timed Assignment | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Timed Assignment | 40% |
Essay | 60% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External