The module explores selected aspects of social change in post-communist European countries, including south-east Europe and Russia. It focuses especially on...

Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe (SESS0051)

The module explores selected aspects of social change in post-communist European countries, including south-east Europe and Russia. It focuses especially on the twenty-first century. The first half of the module consists of lectures and discussion sessions to identify key social trends across the region and raise issues about where and why change is taking place. The second half of the module consists of seminars focusing on case studies of specific locations and social groups. Topics will include: wealth, poverty and class identities; urban/rural divides; labour markets and livelihood strategies; migration; gender roles; minority rights.

Climate change not only raises extremely important practical challenges, but a host of deep ethical and epistemic questions. The ethical questions you will...

The Philosophy and Ethics of Climate Change (PHIL0165)

Climate change not only raises extremely important practical challenges, but a host of deep ethical and epistemic questions. The ethical questions you will study include the proper scope of moral concern (e.g., human centred versus biocentric views); individual and collective responsibilities to mitigate climate change; what we owe to future generations; and the permissibility of geoengineering.

You will also examine epistemic questions about the nature and status of evidence for climate change, including the epistemic status of climate change models, and which types of climate change scepticism are reasonable. Core skills focused on are those of philosophical reasoning and argumentation.

The module would be suitable for non-philosophy students with an existing interest or expertise in climate change, but such students may find it hard going at times.

Philosophy Area B

This module will explore the neurobiological underpinnings of several neurological diseases and brain injury. It will focus on the anatomical and functional...