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2022 unit information
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Last updated: 4 March 2022
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ASP229, ASP329
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week
1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
This unit consists of three modules. The first is a philosophical exploration of the concept of love in its various forms: romantic love, family love, friendship, and divine love. Our focus will be on romantic love. We will also consider philosophical approaches to same-sex marriage. The second module explores sexuality, its place in a well-lived life, and the moral concepts that have grown up around it. Related social issues such as sex-work and pornography are also discussed. The third module explores death, including traditional and contemporary understandings of death, medical definitions of death, and ethical issues related to killing such as abortion and euthanasia.
Identify and discuss in a reflective and critical way, in both essay and dialogue format, some of the philosophical problems raised by love, sex, and death
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
Interpret, understand and engage critically with a range of primary and secondary philosophical texts relating to love, sex, and death
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management
Work collaboratively to analyse, compare, and defend philosophical arguments, backed by relevant evidence, in the course of constructing a group dialogue
GLO7: Teamwork
Construct essay-length arguments of your own using language that is concise, clear and conforms to the standards of academic scholarship (e.g., proper referencing of sources)
GLO5: Problem solving
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ASP129 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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