Assessment

Continuous assessment 40% End of semester Examination 60%

Module Aims

To introduce students to a range of contemporary ethical issues and the response of the Catholic tradition and other traditions to those issues. 

Learning Outcomes

• — To have a clear understanding of the central ethical concerns raised by a range of contemporary issues including; ecological degradation, negative attitudes and actions against women, the scope of religious freedom in society and the reality of a humanitarian crisis.

Bibliography

• — Laudato Si',
• — Mark Allman & Tobias Winright, After the Smoke Clears:The Just War Tradition & Post War Justice, Orbis Books, 2010
• — Mulieris Dignitatem,
• — Dignitatis Humanae,