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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL3013: Virtues and Vices
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Overview
| NQF Level | 6 | ||
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| Credits | 15 | ECTS Value | 7.5 |
| Term(s) and duration | This module will run during term 1 (11 weeks) | ||
| Academic staff | Dr Edward Skidelsky (Convenor) | ||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||
| Co-requisites | None | ||
| Available via distance learning | No | ||
This module is an introduction to the tradition in moral philosophy known as “virtue ethics”. It investigates the concepts of virtue and vice in general and also some specific virtues and vices. In the first part, we look at some well-known questions about the concept of virtue: What is a virtue? What is the relation of virtue ethics to other styles of ethical theory? Can the virtues be taught? Can they be codified? Do the virtues benefit their possessor? Can an individual possess one virtue but not others? In the second part of the course, we go on to analyse some specific virtues and vices, including the four cardinal virtues and the economic, sexual and military virtues and vices.
| Module created | January 2013 | Last revised | 29/07/2022 |
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