Description
All public policy is based at least partly on ethical ideas; through their policies, governments aim to advance a vision of how the world should be. Just as those who exercise public power should be able to justify their policy decisions to citizens, citizens should be able to evaluate the policies that govern their societies. In this spirit, this module will explore the ethical ideas that underpin policy choices. Each week features a substantive policy issue as a means of illuminating key ethical concepts, theories and debates. In so doing, the module aims to equip students to think systematically and critically about fundamental issues in public policy, to make up their own minds about a range of contemporary policy issues, and to sharpen their skills of written and oral argumentation.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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