Assignment 1

Assignment 2

<p>This subject will consider how society ought to be arranged. It will consider which freedoms should be protected and how wealth ought to be distributed. The subject will pay particular attention to capitalist norms and will consider whether they are morally defensible. The subject will also consider how crime ought to be regulated in a just society and whether punishment can be morally justified.</p>

School of Social Work and Arts

Division of Students

Centre of Islamic Studies and Civilisation

School of Rural Medicine

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Centre for Law & Justice

School of Information and Communication Studies

School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences

School of Education

School of Policing Studies

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering

Division of Learning and Teaching

Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences

Faculty of Science and Health

School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Charles Sturt University Engineering

Centre for Customs and Excise Studies

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Australian Graduate School of Policing Security

School of Psychology

Faculty of Arts and Education

Division of Student Success

School of Business

School of Theology

Centre of Rural Dentistry and Oral Health

PHL417 - The Ethics of Capitalism

The Ethics of Capitalism

be able to articulate the idea of a fair trial.

be able to exhibit knowledge of competing justificatory theories of punishment, including their strengths and weaknesses.

be able to display knowledge of a range of philosophical and ethical theories of justice.

be able to appreciate the ways in which law and justice are connected.

be able to analyse the concept of justice and related terms.

be able to use the discourse of justice to analyse social and economic policy.

be able to express an understanding of the differences between criminal and distributive justice.