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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Law
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Re'em Segev
Coordinator Office Hours:
By Appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Reem Segev
Course/Module description:
The first goal of the course is to understand central moral reasons and theories, including: consequences-based reasons and consequentialist theories, deontological constraints and permissions, distributive justice, and retributive justice. These reasons and theories are the basis for the normative evaluation of the law, which is a central part of the legal discourse, both when considering the question of what the law should be and when considering how to interpret positive law (especially in the many cases in which it is unclear). The second goal of the course is perfecting the ability of evaluating arguments in a systematic way (while focusing on normative arguments).
Course/Module aims:
Understanding central moral reasons and theories.
Perfecting the ability of evaluating arguments in a systematic way (especially normative arguments).
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
See the aims of the course
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussion
Course/Module Content:
Introduction
Moral Argument
Consequentialism
Utilitarianism
Deontological constraints
Deontological Permissions
Distributive Justice
Responsiblity and desert
Applications
Required Reading:
Available at the course website
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 85 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 15 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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