Location: Online
Mode: Online
Delivery Notes:

Online on Demand (Asynchronous)

Lectures given on Thursday, 6pm - 9pm; will be circulated by the next morning.

Lecturers: CL = C. Ledsham; JO = J. Ozolins; CM = C. Mulherin.

DATE _______TOPIC (LECTURER)

31/07/25_____Aquinas: Intro. NL. (CL)

07/08/25_____Aquinas: Natural Law (CL)

14/08/25_____Ancient non-Aristotelian ethics (with some bits of Aristotle) (CL)

21/08/25_____Aquinas on Virtue (JO)

28/08/25_____Aristotle on Virtue (JO)

04/09/25_____Moral nihilism challenges in literature and how to write a philosophy essay (CL)

11/09/25_____Autonomy (JO)

18/09/25_____Peter Singer: utilitarianism and sentience (CM)

Semester non-lecturing period

09/10/25_____Immanuel Kant (JO)

16/10/25_____ John Stuart Mill: utilitarianism (CM)

23/10/25_____Principlism (JO)

30/10/25_____Moral Realism and Modern Moral Philosophy (Text TBA) and exam preparation (JO)

13/11/25 _____Exam 6pm.

Contact hours 36
Total time commitment 150
Start date 28 Jul, 2025
Census date: 19 Aug, 2025
End date: 14 Nov, 2025
Academic staff: Dr Cal Ledsham, Rev Dr Christopher Mulherin, and Prof John Ozoliņš
Textbook(s): No textbook is required for this unit.

Unit code: AP1200C

Unit status: Approved (Minor revision)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 1

Unit discipline: Philosophy

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