PHIL 211: Introduction to Ethics

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Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091273

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities

Description

Survey of the history of philosophical ethics, including teleological and deontological theories, as well as their application to ethical issues.

Grading Basis

Graded

Contrast the different meta-ethical theories

Contrast the different general normative ethical theories

Identify major philosophers relevant to general normative ethics

Apply ethics to contemporary moral problems

Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary positions in applied ethics

Meta-ethics
- The Open Question Argument
- Naturalistic Fallacy
- Naturalism
- Non-Naturalism
- Emotivism
- Error Theory
- Moral Relativism
- Moral Psychology
General Normative Ethics
- Egoism
- Natural Law
- Kantian Deontology
- Virtue Ethics
- Utilitarianism
- Contractarianism
Applied Normative Ethics (additional topics permissible if time allows)
- Just War
- Capital Punishment
- Euthanasia
- Distributive Justice/Rights