The students are able to
• describe different views of universalizing moral philosophy.
• discuss the merits of the ethical philosophy of Kant, Mill and Rawls.
• enumerate the instruments of international human rights protection and the main human rights.
• contrast the philosophical underpinnings of the economic theories of efficiency and distribution.
• discuss an economic problem with regard to its implicit theories of distribution.

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• Ethics in philosophy
• Universalization
• Categorical imperative
• Utilitarianism
• Veil of ignorance
• Universal declaration of human rights
• Efficiency theories (Pareto, Bentham, technical efficiency)
• Theories of distribution (Buchanan, Marx, Rawls, Nozick)
• Procedural fairness (Buchanan, Habermas)
• Equal opportunity

Donnelly, J. (2013): Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Sage: Cornell University Press.
Clapham, A. (2016): Human Rights: A very short introduction, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP).
Goodin, R. E./Pettit, P. (1997): Contemporary Political Philosophy. New Jersey, USA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Nozick, R. (2013): Anarchy, State, and Utopia. New York: Basic Books.
Rawls, J. (1999): A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London: Harvard University Press.
Sen, A. (1992): Inequality Reexamined. Massachusetts, USA: First Harvard University Press.
Tresch, R. W. (2008): Public Sector Economics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Wimmer, R. (1980): Universalisierung in der Ethik. Analyse, Kritik und Rekonstruktion ethischer Rationalitätsansprüche. Berlin: Suhrkamp.

Moderated group work, lecture, discussion, case work

Cumulative module grade. The individual course grade of ILV "Introduction to Values and Ethics" is incorporated into the overall module grade and weighted in accordance with its assigned ECTS Credits.
Assessment type: final examination
Assessment method(s): collaboration and participation in class, presentation to specific topic