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Economic, Political and Social Ethics [ESPO1321]
[30h] 3 credits

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Teacher(s):

Christian Arnsperger, Philippe Van Parijs (coord.)

Language:

French

Level:

First cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

This course gives students a synthetic and critical outline of the principal contemporary approaches to economic and social ethics. In this way, and through the effective use of analytical tools with which they are provided, the course aims to help students to take a critical and informed position towards the ethical issues which arise in the broad field covered by the economic, social and political sciences.

Main themes

Inevitably perhaps within economic and social debate, there is constant confusion between empirical comments, theoretical statements and value judgments. The course tries to teach students how to clarify this debate by distinguishing the various types of question, by clarifying the criteria which, for each type, should enable them to decide between competing positions, and examines how the value judgments which underlie the debate can themselves be the subject of a rigorous discussion.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite: Students should ideally have some basic notions of economic culture, gained for example through an introductory course in Political Economics.
Evaluation: The evaluation is based on a short individually written text (written as an extension of the team work) and an oral interview which takes this text as a starting-point.

Other credits in programs

ANTR1PM

Année d'études préparatoires au master en anthropologie

(3 credits)

ECGE13BA

Troisième année de bachelier en sciences économiques et de gestion

(3 credits)

Mandatory

ETES9CE

Certificat universitaire en éthique économique et sociale

(4 credits)

Mandatory

FSA3DA

Diplôme d'études approfondies en sciences appliquées

(3 credits)

GRH1PM

Année d'études préparatoires au master en gestion des ressources humaines

(3 credits)

HUSO13BA

Troisième année de bachelier en sciences humaines et sociales

(3 credits)

INGE13BA

Troisième année de bachelier en ingénieur de gestion

(3 credits)

Mandatory

ISLE3DA/IS

Diplôme d'études approfondies en philosophie et lettres (philosophie)

(3 credits)

ISP20

Licence à durée réduite en philosophie

(3 credits)

ISP21

Première licence en philosophie

(3 credits)

ISP22

Deuxième licence en philosophie

(3 credits)

ISPB9CE

Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

(3 credits)

SOC1PM

Année d'études préparatoires au master en sociologie

(3 credits)

SOCA13BA

Troisième année de bachelier en sociologie et anthropologie

(3 credits)

SPED1PM

Année d'études préparatoires au master en sciences de la population et développement

(3 credits)

SPOL13BA

Troisième année de bachelier en sciences politiques

(3 credits)

TRAV1PM

Année d'études préparatoires au master en sciences du travail

(3 credits)



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