PHIL20240

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

Identify the ethical issues that beset different aspects of human society and global politics;
Analyze the ways in which government policies, institutional programs, or social structures harm or benefit different members of the population and other living entities in the planet;
Evaluate the adequacy of ethical frameworks in diagnosing contemporary ethical issues;
Construct proposals for the improvement of global society with the aim of minimizing harm and increasing overall benefit of human and non-human entities.

Indicative Module Content:

Environmental Ethics
The Anthropocene and Ecological-Planetary Disaster
Extractivism, Sustainability, and Indigenous Intelligence

Ethical Issues in Public Health
Health Inequalities
Gendering and Decolonizing Public Health

Global Ethics
Conflict and Violence

Ethics of Immigration
Normative Questions in Migration
Refugee Protection and Discrimination

AI Ethics
Data Grab and Surveillance Capitalism
A Power-Aware Ethics of AI

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

1. TEACHING



Teaching is centred around lectures and tutorials, both of which are essential for learning in this module.

Lectures are in person and scheduled twice a week during term. They last for 50 minutes each. In the lectures, the lecturer will present the week’s learning using a clear slideshow presentation which provides key definitions and examples. After each lecture, the lecturer will share the slides. The lecturer will be very happy to take some questions during lectures and to have some discussion. 

Tutorials are small-group seminars led by a graduate Philosophy student. They last for 50 minutes and take place once a week for seven weeks during term. In the tutorials, the tutor will first present some of the key concepts and examples from the week's material and then provide you with an opportunity to ask questions about it. Then, they'll divide the class into smaller groups and ask them to collaborate on informal (i.e., non-graded) exercises related to the content of the module. The main purpose of tutorials is two-fold: first, to give you a chance to ask questions and discuss the material presented in the lectures and readings in a smaller setting; and second, to develop some of the skills you are learning about in the lectures by completing non-graded exercises. 


2. LEARNING

Learning for this module is centred around the following:

Content presented in the lectures
Slides
Required readings shared by the lecturers on the course page
Discussion and debate in the tutorials
Non-graded tutorial exercises

In terms of learning, you will be expected to read the assigned readings in advance of the lectures (shared on the course page as PDFs); attend all the lectures; attend and actively participate in the tutorials; raise any questions you have about the module, the content, or the assessments.


Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

You will receive individual and group feedback in tutorials on informal assignments and exercises.


Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.