This course is available on the BSc in Management, BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and Philosophy, International Exchange (1 Term) and International Exchange (Full Year). This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Management, BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and Philosophy, International Exchange (1 Term) and International Exchange (Full Year). This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. This course has a reading week in Week 6 of LT. This year, some or all of this teaching will take place online.
One essay of 1500 words.
James Rachels and Stuart Rachels (2012) The Elements of Moral Philosophy, 7th ed., New York NY: McGraw-Hill. Milton Friedman (1970) "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits", The New York Times Magazine. Joseph Heath (2014) Morality, Competition, and the Firm: The Market Failures Approach to Business Ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Press. David Vogel (2005) The Market for Virtue: the potential and limits of corporate social responsibility, Brookings Institution Press. Matt Zwolinski (2007) "Sweatshops, Choice, and Exploitation", Business Ethics Quarterly 17 (4): 689-727. Helen Nissenbaum (1998) ?Protecting Privacy in an Information Age: The Problem of Privacy in Public?, Law and Philosophy, 17(5-6): 559-596. Cynthia Dwork (2018) ?You and AI: the challenges to making machines play fair?, Royal Society Conference. Annette Zimmermann, Elena Di Rosa, Hochan Kim (2020) ?Technology can?t fix Algorithmic Bias?, Boston Review. Diane Coyle (2017) ?Precarious and productive work in the digital economy?, National Institute Economic Review 240: 5-14. Required readings amount to about two papers per week.
Exam (40%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period. Essay (50%, 2000 words) in the ST. Quiz (10%) in the LT.