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| Course ID: | PHIL 2030. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 1 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Ethics | Course
Description: | The major philosophical positions concerning right and wrong, ethical values, and moral responsibility. The relevance of moral philosophy to current issues of personal and social ethics. | | Oasis Title: | Introduction to Ethics | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in PHIL 2030H, PHIL 2030E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | This course is an introduction to the philosophical study of morality including the
major philosophical positions concerning right and wrong, ethical values, and moral
responsibility. The ultimate goal of the course is to help the student discover
and develop his or her own reflective, moral autonomy. | | Topical Outline: | Outline will include such topics as:
I. Philosophical vs Scientific Study of Morality
II. Ethical Relativism vs Ethical Objectivism
III. Psychological & Ethical Egoism
IV. Theories of Non-moral Value
V. Consequentialist Theories of Moral Obligation
VI. Deontological Theories of Moral Obligation
VII. Virtue Based Ethical Theories
VIII. Metaethical Theories of Meaning and Justification
IX. Contemporary Moral Dilemmas | |
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