No.

CILOs

Weighting
(if applicable)

1.

Identify and examine the major moral controversies in contemporary public policy.

2.

Explain and appraise the three major approaches to ethics: consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics.

3.

Apply these three major approaches in to analyse the major moral controversies in contemporary public policy.

4.

Explain the major concepts and ideas in social and political philosophy and apply them in public policy anaylsis.

5.

Formulate and justify their own views on the role of the state in resolving moral controversies in public policy by drawing on the major concepts and ideas in social and political philosophy.

CILO No.

TLAs

Remarks

Hours/week
(if applicable)

1-4

Lecture

Discuss key moral problems and issues in public policy; introduce and evaluate relevant ideas and theories; illustrate their applications with cases studies.

2 hours per week

2, 3,5

Group Presentation in Tutorial

Enhance students’ ability to explain, appraise and apply different approaches to key moral problems and issues in public policy; improve their ability to construct rational and persuasive arguments to justify their own points of views.

1 hour per every two weeks

2, 3, 5

Tutorial Participation

2 hours per every two weeks

2, 3, 5

Individual Essay Writing

Enhance students’ ability to explain, appraise and apply different approaches to key moral problems and issues in public policy; improve their ability to construct rational and persuasive arguments to justify their own points of views.

1-4

Reading

Around three articles or book chapters per week.

CILO No.

Type of assessment
tasks/activities

Weighting
(if applicable)

Remarks

2, 3, 5

Group Presentation in Tutorial

15%

Test students’ ability to explain, appraise and apply different approaches to key moral problems and issues in public policy, and evaluate their ability to construct rational and persuasive arguments to justify their own points of views.

2, 3, 5

Individual Essay

25%

2, 3, 5

Tutorial Participation

10%

Students are expected to participate actively in the tutorial discussion by raising questions and making comments about the group presentation, and responding to the views of other participants.

1-5

Final Examination (2 hours)

50%

Essay questions to test students’ overall command of the subject and their writing skills.