FILA510 Ethics of Global Responsibility (5 op)

The course studies the nature of collective ethical problems, which differ from "paradigmatic" ethical wrongs (such as physical violence) where the violator, the wronged party and the causal relationship between them is easy to establish. The course discusses issues such as climate change, global poverty, gender inequality, indigenous perspectives, examining the main concepts and arguments relevant in addressing these issues from the applied philosophy viewpoint.

• Students will gain an understanding of the nature of global ethical problems and their special characteristics. 
• Students will become familiar with the basic concepts and arguments used in the philosophical discussions related to these problems.

Widdows, Heather, 2014. Global ethics: an introduction Taylor & Francis, Routledge