Philosophy - Ethics OR Philosophy of Language

  • Posted on: 10 December 2019
  • By: brentsilby
Block: 
Purple
Term: 
3.1
Year: 
2020
LA Code: 
BRES
Code: 
78PHL
Room: 
2.C
Learning Area: 
None / Other
Levels: 
7
8

Please note: The first week or two will be spent completing assignments from last term.

We will then select from ethics or philosophy of language

In 2020 we will do Ethics.
ETHICS
How ought one to live their life? Who should decide? In this course we will examine key ethical theories and analyze a religious response to a real-world problem.

Philosophy of Language (not offered in 2020)
What is language? Can we think without language? What is it about words that make them mean things? These questions are asked in the philosophy of language. In this course we will discuss the roll that language plays in productive, systematic thought and ask the central question: does the brain come pre-wired with an innate language of thought?

Distance Learning, navigate to course from: https://sites.google.com/aotawhiti.school.nz/philosophy/

Outcomes: 
I can understand a religious answer to an ethical issue and also apply either utilitarian or deontological or virtue ethics to the same problem
Assessment Opportunities: 
90826