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SP50231: Ethics and public policy

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Essay (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:

* To provide students with the analytical tools to evaluate critically development and public policy issues from an ethical perspective
* To reflect on international development and public policy in the context of theories of justice, and the debates about the 'just society'.
* To examine the relationship between individual behaviour and social states of affairs
* To understand the links between ethical frameworks, values and public action.
* To develop a critical awareness of the influence of values on public policy, democratic debate and international development.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the unit, students should be able to:
* Examine critically the ethical underpinnings of public policy and international development, and to form a critical opinion about them.
* A critical appreciation of the links between the concepts of wellbeing and justice.
* Have a clear understanding of different theories of justice, and how this applies in different social contexts
* Have a critical awareness of the influence of values on public policy, democratic debate and international development
* Analyze public policy and development policy and practice on the basis of informed and self-critical ethical judgements.

Skills:

* Cross-cultural and interpersonal sensitivity (Taught/Facilitated)
* Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (e.g. essays) (T/F/Assessed)
* Effective oral communication (e.g. seminar presentations) (T/F)
* Ability to select, summarise and synthesise written information from multiple sources (T/F/A/)
* Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines (T/F/A)
* Concise, time-bound and effective written communication (e.g. briefings/exams) (T/F/A)
* Ability to select, analyse and present numerical data (T/F/A)
* Ability to develop rigorous arguments through precise use of concepts and models (T/F/A)
* Ability to work effectively as part of a group or team (T.F.A)

Content:
1. Wellbeing, ethics and justice
2. Development ethics
3. Making ethical judgements
4. Making societies more just
5. Global justice
6. Feminist perspective on justice
7. Environmental justice.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP50231 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

SP50231 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THSP-AFM15 : MSc Wellbeing in Public Policy and International Development
  • THSP-APM15 : MSc Wellbeing in Public Policy and International Development

SP50231 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

SP50231 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:

Department for Health
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.