...Victorian Values Humanities 345-BXH-03 Ethical Values Instructor: Susan Bayley Semester: Fall 2000 Office: 3D.7. Phone: 931-8731 local 1288. Office hours as posted outside 3D.7 Course Objectives: 1) to introduce students to the value system of the Victorian era (1837-1901) 2) to identify the moral beliefs, issues and contradictions which existed in the Victorian period. 3) to study the influence of ethical values on the life and work of the Victorians 4) to compare the Victorian value system with our own so that students can perceive the relativity of values and examine their own moral sense from a new perspective 5) to demonstrate that ethics are historical and social constructions Course Standards: On completion of this course, students should be able to: 1) describe the major ethical values of Victorian society, e.g. social and sexual division, religion, progress, innovation, family life, imperialism, etc. 2) give examples of how moral values affected the everyday life of the Victorians 3) explain how moral standards were both a cause and effect of social progress 4) present a reasoned discussion of the moral attitude of Victorian society to issues such as religion, sex, crime, poverty, equality, work and family 5) draw comparisons between the moral issues of the Victorian period and of our own Teaching Methods: 1) lectures, note-taking and discussion of main points 2) reading and interpretation of primary...
Words: 561 - Pages: 3
