CHB4101 Ethics
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Handbook entry- a brief description of the subject can be found in the handbook entry. The handbook also provides information about the unit leader, the semester and mode in which the unit is available, the contact hours and the assessment requirements.
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About this Subject:
When successfully completed, students should have acquired the skills to bring a solid theoretical framework to the analysis and evaluation of issues in bioethics; recognise, analyse, and evaluate ethical arguments; think critically about assumptions underlying debates in bioethics and applied ethics and recognise that certain issues in ethical theory are of intrinsic interest and value.
Preliminary Reading:
- Max Charlesworth, Life, death, genes and ethics, Sydney, ABC Books, 1989.
- Tony Hope, Medical Ethics: a very short introduction, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Thomas Nagel, What does it all mean? Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987.
Prescribed Texts:
There are no prescribed texts for on-campus students enrolled in this unit.
The following are prescribed texts for distance education students enrolled in this unit:
- James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, The elements of moral philosophy, 5th ed, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
- Peter Singer (ed.), Ethics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Recommended Texts:
- David Copp (ed.), The Oxford handbook of ethical theory, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007 (pbk).
- James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, The elements of moral philosophy, 5th ed, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
- Samuel Scheffler (ed.), Consequentialism and its critics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Peter Singer (ed.), Ethics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994.