ATS2875 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moral Evil, Natural Evil, Moral Agency
3 Aug 2018
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What we will look at: natural evil vs moral evil. We will look at moral evil done by humans rather than natural evil. Assessment: the nature of evil and why people do evil things first lot of lectures, responses to evil doing - for remaining lectures, first essay- 500 words- due friday 24th august. Taken from the first 3 weeks of lectures: second essay more argumentative. 2000 words, due friday 19th october: 2 hour exam. Answer any 2 qs out of 12-15 which range from across the unit. Guest lectuerer: evil online dean cocking. A book that will be set for reading for a guest lecturer coming in. Debates about evil and what makes something evil: evil people characteristics motives/a vice. The notion is evil and the impact it has is evil. 2 approaches about the distinctive features of evil.
