Global Ethics & Human Values

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Our Global Ethics and Human Values MA is the most wide-ranging and philosophical course in its field, allowing you to study the most pressing ethical issues of our time, from globalisation and climate change to war, terrorism, poverty, inequality, justice and human rights.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
A wide-ranging programme covering challenging contemporary philosophical topics and urgent ethical issues.
Taught by distinguished academic staff whose areas of expertise include a very wide range of topics in ethics and political philosophy.
Based in the heart of London, close to the Houses of Parliament, the Royal Courts of Justice, multinational corporate headquarters and international NGOs.
Open to students from law, the humanities and social sciences as well as those with relevant work experience.
Generous scholarships are available to support the brightest and best students.

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

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Subjects

  • Human Rights
  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • International
  • Global

Course programme

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits. Required Modules You are required to take the following modules:

  • Ethics (20 credits)
  • Contemporary Political Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Ideological Conflict, Belief and Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Dissertation – Global Ethics and Human Values (60 credits)
Optional Modules In addition, you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:
  • Human Responsibility for the World and its Future (15 credits)
  • International Justice (15 credits)
  • Culture (15 credits)
  • Conflict: its Origins, Ethics and Containment (30 credits)
  • Human Rights (15 credits)
  • Citizenship (30 credits)
  • Internship (15 credits)*

*Unlike other modules the Internship module is assessed by a proposal, a short journal and a 4,000-word project.

Part-time students are advised to take 80 credits in the first year and 100 credits (which includes the 60 credit dissertation) in the second year of their course of studies.

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