ECONOMICS AND ETHICS
ECO3EAE
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject begins with a discussion of deontological and utilitarian ethics and of normative economics. These concepts are applied to five important issues: whether polluting industries should be relocated to poor countries; the economics of Aboriginal land rights; income redistribution and the welfare state; foreign aid and the duty to donate; and the ethics of global warming. We conclude with some reflections on ethical theories and normative economics in the light of these issues.
School: La Trobe Business School
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Harry Clarke
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Achieve awareness of ethical practice including individual & corporate social responsibility
- Activities:
- Tutorial paper, Essay, Final examination
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical Awareness(Ethical Awareness)
02. Analyse and evaluate diverse positions/arguments about the relation between economics and ethics
- Activities:
- Tutorial paper, Essay, Final examination
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
03. Engage in research about the relationship between approaches to economics and approaches to ethics
- Activities:
- Essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
04. Identify changing currents of thought in economics and ethics and apply these to the analysis of local and global issues
- Activities:
- Tutorial paper, Essay, Final examination
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
05. Write in depth about the relationship between approaches to economics and approaches to ethics
- Activities:
- Tutorial paper, Essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)