PAAE8002 Global Justice
| Offered By | School of Philosophy |
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Professional and Applied Ethics |
| Offered in | Second Semester, 2012 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description | Under what conditions is it ethically permissible (or indeed obligatory) for countries to use military force against each other or against armed groups within other countries? How should we make decisions about whether the use of force internationally is warranted? Are the high levels of poverty and extreme inequalities that characterize our world ethically defensible? If they are not defensible, then who is obliged to do something about them? Should universal environmental standards bind all countries? If so, then who is responsible for ensuring that all countries can meet them at reasonable cost? Are sovereign states outdated artefacts, or should they remain an important mode of political organization? These are some of the difficult and practically urgent questions of international ethics and global justice, and you probably already have some ideas about how they ought to be answered. This course will familiarize students with some of the systematic approaches that moral and political philosophers have developed for addressing these kinds of questions in recent decades |
| Learning Outcomes |
When successfully completed, students will have developed a good theoretical understanding both of central and current issues in Global Justice Ethics and of some key philosophical issues of importance to applied ethics more generally.
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| Indicative Assessment |
6,000 word essay (90%) and class participation (10%). |
| Workload | This course is available for on-campus and off-campus (correspondence) students. On-campus students will meet with the Convener once a week to discuss readings and the conceptual materials gained by the reading materials. Distance students will participate in on-line forums for discussion of class reading materials, which students will be expected to participate in. This is the best way for off-campus students to interact with the class. |
| Course Classification(s) | AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs. |
| Areas of Interest | Philosophy |
| Requisite Statement |
Enrolment in the MA(PAE) or with the permission of the coordinator. |
| Programs | Master of International Affairs, Graduate Diploma in International Affairs, Master of Arts (International Relations), and Master of Globalisation |
| Academic Contact | Dr Christian Barry |
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