Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination offered by Oxford University
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1 Campus- Estd. 1096
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination at Oxford University Overview
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination
at Oxford University
Introduce students to debates about equality of opportunity and the morality of discrimination
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹19,000 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination at Oxford University Highlights
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination
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- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination at Oxford University Course details
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination
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What are the course deliverables?
- Gain an understanding of the philosophical discussion and theories about equality of opportunity and the morality of discrimination
- The ability to critically engage with arguments about positive discrimination policy
- Present and defend their own views on these issues
More about this course
- The course focuses on what moral and political philosophers and legal theorists have had to say about these difficult topics
- It will be of interest to those interested in hiring decisions and education policy such as University admissions as well as those interested in political philosophy and political debates
- We consider examples and cases throughout and will end with a discussion of the controversial Northern Ireland 'gay cake-bakery case
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination at Oxford University Curriculum
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination
at Oxford University
Week 0
An Introduction to Teams -Course orientation
Week 1
Introduction: Outcomes and hierarchies
Week 2
Equality of opportunity and just outcomes
Week 3
Criticisms of Rawls-equal opportunity principle
Week 4
Arguments against equality of opportunity
Week 5
What is discrimination?
Week 6
What makes Discrimination wrong?
Week 7
Acceptable and unacceptable discrimination?
Week 8
Is positive discrimination (affirmative action) needed?
Week 9
Arguments against positive discrimination
Week 10
The gay marriage cake case
Equality of Opportunity and the Ethics of Discrimination at Oxford University Faculty details
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Dr Doug Bamford
Doug Bamford is author of Rethinking Taxation (Searching Finance, 2014) and several papers on tax justice (including articles in the Journal of Applied Philosophy and Moral Philosophy and Politics). He has taught at OUDCE for several years and blogs at Doug Bamford's Tax Appeal.
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