Australians are living longer and our society is an ageing society. This unit will explore a range of ethical issues arising from the ageing of the individual person as well as that of an ageing society. Among the issues to be considered will be: • Transitions: into retirement; downsizing; high care; • Tensions: between health and lifestyle; living with limits, disability, and dementia; questions of identity, sexuality, and ethnicity; • Contexts: involving family, relationships and friends; society; church; • Meanings: experiences of life, death, grief; pain and suffering; choices about care at the end of life The thinking of Catholic moral theology will be the basis from which an analysis of the issues will proceed.
Unit code: DS9633C
Unit status: Approved (Major revision)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Elective
Unit discipline: Spirituality
Proposing College: Catholic Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical issues that arise from individual and societal ageing; central to this aim is the rich tradition of Catholic moral theological analysis |
2. | Evaluate critically a number of ethical issues confronting the individual ageing person from philosophical and Catholic moral theological perspectives |
3. | Analyse the social ethical dimensions of issues in an ageing society with particular reference to Catholic social teaching |
4. | Formulate the implications, significance and scope of the ethical challenges arising from increased longevity and prevalence of aged persons in contemporary society |
Lectures, seminars, tutorials
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | Analysis Paper 1750 words |
1750 | 25.0 |
Essay | Analysis Paper 1750 words |
1750 | 25.0 |
Essay | Analysis Paper 1750 words |
1750 | 25.0 |
Essay | Analysis Paper 1750 words |
1750 | 25.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 7 Aug, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2021-06-07 08:43:49 +1000