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Unit Descriptions (A-Z listing)
Units starting with PHIL
Units starting with PHIL
PHIL100 Introduction to Philosophical Enquiry
PHIL101 Reason and Argument
PHIL102 Theories of Human Nature
PHIL103 Origins of Western Philosophy
PHIL104 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL105 Values and Beliefs
PHIL200 Contemporary Moral Problems
PHIL201 Bioethics
PHIL202 Political and Social Philosophy
PHIL203 Citizenship, Values and Education
PHIL204 Philosophy of Knowledge
PHIL205 Mind Matters
PHIL206 Metaphysics
PHIL207 Science, Knowledge and Reality
PHIL208 Faith and Reason
PHIL209 Philosophy of Art
PHIL210 Meaning, Truth and Reality
PHIL211 Ways of Logic, Number and Science
PHIL212 Currents in Analytic Philosophy
PHIL213 Recent European Philosophy
PHIL214 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL215 Modern Western Philosophy
PHIL216 The Enlightenment
PHIL217 Philosophy of East and West
PHIL218 Issues in Moral Philosophy
PHIL219 Elementary Symbolic Logic
PHIL220 Philosophy: Special Study
PHIL221 Modern Catholic Thinkers
PHIL500 Philosophy of Religion
PHIL506 Ethics in a Faith-Based Context
PHIL507 The Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL508 Impacts of Regulatory and Legal Frameworks
PHIL509 Competing Interests, Choice and Conflict
PHIL601 Research and Critical Thinking
PHIL602 Problems in the Ethics of Health Care
PHIL604 Issues in Philosophy of Religion
PHIL605 Philosophy and the Moral Life
PHIL606 Values, Beliefs and Practical Ethics
PHIL607 Issues in Resource Allocation
PHIL608 Pluralism, State and Civil Society
PHIL609 Principles of Bioethics
PHIL610 Social Philosophy of Health Care
PHIL611 Philosophy of Medicine
PHIL612 Theories of Business Ethics
PHIL613 Business Ethics and Political Philosophy
PHIL614 Moral Issues in Business
PHIL615 Ethics, Capitalism and Globalisation
PHIL616 Special Study
PHIL617 One Unit Project
PHIL618 Two Unit Project
PHIL619 Philosophical Foundations and Ministry
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