This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. This course is capped at one group.
This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. This course is capped at one group.
This course provides a combination of seminars and lectures totalling a minimum of 40 hours across the Michaelmas and Lent terms. This year, some or all of this teaching may be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus lectures and seminars. There will be a reading week in Week 6 of the Michaelmas and Lent terms.
There will be 2 formative assignments over the year, with an essay of up to 1,500 words due & returned in the MT, and a second essay of up to 1,500 words due towards the end of the LT.
Primary Sources: Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics; Aristotle, The Politics; Hobbes, Leviathan; Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant, The Metaphysics of Morals; JS Mill, On Liberty, JS Mill, Utilitarianism.
Essay (50%, 2500 words) in the LT. Essay (50%, 2500 words) in the ST.