UNAM Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Applied Ethics Course
Degree
selectable subject under Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Introduction
The aim of this course is to enable students to acquire the basic techniques and skills for critical thinking and argumentation. It specifically aims at helping the students to improve the quality of their thinking and argumentation by making commitment to reason and fair-mindedness. In addition to familiarizing students with elementary methods of argument composition and analysis, the course is further designed aid them in understanding the essential principles involved in the theory and practice of reasoned decision making by avoiding formal and informal fallacies.
Modules
| Year 1, Semester 1 |
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| Introduction to Critical Thinking and Argumentation |
| Year 1, Semester 2 |
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| Introduction Philosophical Analysis |
| Year 2, Semester 1 |
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| Theories of Ethics and Moral Philosophy |
| Year 2, Semester 2 |
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| Issues in Applied Ethics |
| African Philosophy |
| Year 3, Semester 1 |
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| Topics in Political Philosophy |
| Philosophy of Science and Technology |
| Year 3, Semester 2 |
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| Environmental Ethics |
| Year 4, Semester 1 |
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| Civic and Professional Ethics |
| Chinese, Indian and Arabic Philosophical Traditions |
| Development Ethics |
| Research Project |
| Year 4, Semester 2 |
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| Bioethics |
| Philosophy of Law |
| Business Ethics |
| Research Project |
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