Annotation
The course is useful for any research student, since it deals with general student issues such as study ethics, research ethics, and the nature of higher education.
General ethical issues arising for all doctoral candidates include the various ethical issues that confront the scientific and social scientific researcher, such as: the protection of the human subject, autonomy and informed consent, sampling, consent and access, research with children, professional duties and professional codes, research governance and research ethics committees, privacy rights, deception and harm.
Topics also include: the nature of philosophical enquiry in different ethical theories and traditions, including deontology, teleology and virtue theory. Specific ethical issues will be considered as case studies, with choice of issues depending on student need.