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Related Preparation |
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Introduction |
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Who's to Say What's Right and Wrong? |
Sharvy. R. 2007. Who’s To Say What’s Right or Wrong? People Who Have Ph.D.’s in Philosophy, That’s Who. Journal of Libertartian Studies, 21 (3): 3-24. |
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Values: Objectivity and Subjectivity |
McConnell, Terrance C. “Objectivity and Moral Expertise,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy XIV (2) (June 1984), pp. 193-207. |
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Identifying Values in Politics I: Plato |
Plato. 2008. Crito, Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
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Identifying Values in Politics II: Aristotle |
Sandel, M. 2010. Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York. pp, 98-109 |
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Value-neutral Politics I: Utilitarianism? |
J. Harris. 1975. Survival Lottery. Philosophy 50. |
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MIDTERM |
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Value-neutral Politics II: Machiavelli's Politics Free from Confusion |
Machiavelli. N. 1992. The Prince. Dover: Dover Publications. |
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Values, Duty and Suicide: Kant |
Langton R. 1992. Duty and Desolation. Philosophy 67: 481-505. |
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Ethical Perspectives on Biomedical Science: David E. Cooper |
Cooper. D. E. 2002. The Frankensteinian Nature of Biotechnology. Aldershot: Ashgate. |
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Identifying Values in Science: Social Phenomena Sartre |
Sartre. J. P. 2007. Existentialism is Humanism. London: Yale University Press |
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Identifying Values in Freedom I: Berlin's Value Free/ValueLaden Conceptions of Freedom |
Berlin. I. 2002. “Two Concepts of Liberty”, in Liberty ed. H. Hardy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
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Identifying Values in Freedom II: Heidegger's Existence and Freedom |
Heidegger. M. 1962. Being and Time. Trans. John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. |
14) |
Overview and Feedback |
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
You do not need to buy any books for Readings in Philosophy, but you may need to print the reader (primary sources), which I will provide to you weekly via itslearning. Apart from these, as a first port of call on any particular topic, check out the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is also particularly useful. It is available on-line.
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References: |
You do not need to buy any books for Readings in Philosophy, but you may need to print the reader (primary sources), which I will provide to you weekly via itslearning. Apart from these, as a first port of call on any particular topic, check out the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is also particularly useful. It is available on-line.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Develop close interest in human mind and behavior, and attain critical thinking skills (in particular the ability to evaluate psychological theories using empirical evidence), as well as appreciating psychology as an evidence based science. |
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Gain a biopsychosocial understanding of human behavior, namely, the biological, psychological, social determinants of behavior. |
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Acquire theoretical and applied knowledge and learn about basic psychological concepts and perspectives |
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Familiarize with methodology and data evaluation techniques by being aware of scientific research methods (i.e. correlational, experimental, longitudinal, case study). |
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Employ ethical sensitivity while doing assessment, research or working with groups. |
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Familiarize with the essential perspectives of psychology (cognitive, developmental, clinical, social, behavioral, and biological). |
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Get the opportunity and skills to evaluate qualitative and quantitative data, write reports, and present them. |
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Attain preliminary knowledge for psychological measurement and evaluation. |
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To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (e.g. sociology, history, political science, communication studies, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc) that can contribute to psychology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in understanding and interpreting of psychological process. |
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