PHI 3395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Assisted Suicide, Deontological Ethics

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 3395
• Professor: Hilliard Aronovitch

Document Summary

Required textbook: law and morality: readings in legal philosophy 3rd edition. Assignments: critical pr cis: 750 words thursday october 6th (20%) Brief comment on a reading that will be given. Slight analysis and/or criticising: paper: 2500 words tuesday november 24th (40%) Dealing with a concept of right, a writer"s views. Task will be not only comment and summarize the views or rights but then engage, criticize, and analyze. Additional research will be required: final exam: sa/essays december exam period (40%) Exact outline will be provided at the last class. Assigned readings, topics and sample questions will be given. Important sites: supreme court of canada website will be used fairly often, blackboard site will become available. Most class notes will not be given. Materials: theories of law and of morality, laws, legal principles, cases & issues. Judges who have to make a decision often refer to a document, like the.