Department of Philosophy

University of Toronto Mississauga

Job Postings Sessional Lecturers 2007-2008

These jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Effective Date for the position below: April 9, 2007

Closing Date for the position below: May 7, 2007

How to Submit an Application: Please submit a CV and letter of application to Elisabeta Vanatoru, Chair's Assistant.

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PHL273H5F LEC6001 Wednesdays, 18:00-21:00

Environmental Ethics

Environmental ethics is a relatively new development in philosophical thinking which focuses on the ethical and value questions arising from our relation to nature. Focal question of the area asks: Is the non-human world of ethical significance only insofar as it is connected with human well-being, or is ethically significant in itself? This course investigates and evaluates anthropocentrim, ecofeminism and radical biocentric theories of the deep ecologists.

September - December 2007

Estimate of course enrolment: 120

TA Support: None if 40 students or less, otherwise (enrolment -30)x1.2 = TA hours.

Salary: $6,275 inclusive of vacation pay

Qualifications: PhD in philosophy is preferred, but applicants (non-current U of T students) who have completed all the course work for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course is highly desirable.

Duties: preparation and delivery of course material, supervision of teaching assistants (if course size warrants), preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination, marking of student work, submission of grades to university officials, reasonable student contact hours.

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PHL274H5S LEC6001 Wednesdays 18:00 - 21:00

Contemporary Social Issues

Against the background of some major social and political theories, this course will explore such practical problems as nationalism, racism, sexism, inequality, revolution and political radicalism.

January - April 2008

Estimate of course enrolment: 120

TA Support: None if 40 students or less, otherwise (enrolment -30)x 1.2 = TA hours.

Salary: $6,275 inclusive of vacation pay

Qualifications: PhD in philosophy is preferred, but applicants (non-current U of T students) who have completed all the course work for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course is highly desirable.

Duties: preparation and delivery of course material, supervision of teaching assistants (if course size warrants), preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination, marking of student work, submission of grades to university officials, reasonable student contact hours.

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PHL283H5S LEC6001 Thursdays, 18:00-21:00

Bioethics

Moral implications of recent developments in medicine and in life sciences; related legal and social issues. Euthanasia, health care priorities, abortion, fertility control, against the background of some major ethical theories. Exclusion: PHL281Y1Y

January - April 2008

Estimate of course enrolment: 130

TA Support: None if 40 students or less, otherwise (enrolment -30)x 1.2 = TA hours.

Salary: $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)

Qualifications: PhD in philosophy is preferred, but applicants (non-current U of T students) who have completed all the course work for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course is highly desirable.

Duties: preparation and delivery of course material, supervision of teaching assistants (if course size warrants), preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination, marking of student work, submission of grades to university officials, reasonable student contact hours.