202912 Key Texts of Practical Philosophy: Animal Ethics

winter semester 2015/2016 | Last update: 31.08.2015 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Christian Philosophy

Instructor:

Mag. Mag. Dr. Claudia Paganini, +43 512 507 85039

Course number:

202912

Title:

Key Texts of Practical Philosophy: Animal Ethics

Type/hours:

SE 2

ECTS credits:

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

The aim of the seminar is to learn to read key texts on practical philosophy and to critically discuss them.

Contents:

We discuss some of the most important theories of modern Animal Ethics: Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Josephine Donovan, Rosalind Hursthouse, Dieter Birnbacher, Usula Wolf.

Methods:

Reading, discussion, presentation.

Assessment:

Seminar paper.

Literature:

Will be announced during the lecture.

Prerequisites:

None.

Remarks:

For administrative reasons we would like students who register for this course also to register for the course 202504.

Start:

07.10.2015

Course allocation

Faculty of Catholic Theology

Doctoral Programme Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 Semesters)

Compulsory Modules (60 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 6: Extension in a Further Subject (8 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Doctor of Philosophy Programme Faculty of Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 Semesters)

Compulsory Modules (55 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 1: Academic Core Competences for the Dissertation Topic (12 ECTS-Credits)

Doctoral programme in Philosophy at Faculties of Catholic Theology

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Wed 2015-10-07	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-10-14	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-10-21	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-10-28	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-11-04	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-11-11	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-11-18	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-11-25	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-12-02	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-12-09	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2015-12-16	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2016-01-13	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2016-01-20	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2016-01-27	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Wed 2016-02-03	14.00 - 15.45	SR I (Theologie) SR I (Theologie)	Barrier-free