Introduction to Teaching Ethics – Part One
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Nafsika Athanassoulis
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- Practical Philosophy Courses,Teaching Ethics - for educators
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Course Curriculum
A bit of theory
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What is philosophy?
10 points
How is philosophy taught?
10 points
What is an argument?
10 points
Ideas for assessing ethics
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Ideas for assessing ethics
10 points
Essay tasks - Complete THREE tasks, one from each section A, B and C
10 points
Section A: Concepts
10 points
Section B: Examples in Ethics
10 points
Section C: Comparing Views
10 points
Ethics essay exercise
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What is a good ethics essay?
10 points
Examples of good essays
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Examples of good essays
10 points
Good introductions
10 points
Good use of materials/arguments/ideas from the literature
10 points
Good comparisons of views
10 points
Good statement of own position/argument/point of view
10 points
Good use of examples
10 points
Good conclusion
10 points
Good use of headings
10 points
An example of a muddled essay
10 points
Essay Plans
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Essay Plans
10 points
An example of a successful essay plan
10 points
An example of a poor essay plan
10 points
An example of one of my own plans
10 points
About the Instructor
6 Courses
68 Students
PhD in philosophy, University of Reading
Moral philosopher whose research interests include Aristotle, virtue ethics and character education. Author of Virtue Ethics and of Morality, Responsibility and Moral Luck, editor of The Handbook of Virtue Ethics, The Good Life, and Philosophical Reflections on Medical Ethics. Previously lecturer in philosophy at the University of Leeds and Keele University, UK
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