PHIL 355: Theories of Ethics

PHIL 355-001: Theories of Ethics
(Fall 2019)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Innovation Hall 133

Section Information for Fall 2019

  • Fulfills the requirement for a course in the analytic tradition for the Philosophy major.

Kant’s moral philosophy shapes much of ethical and political thought today. We will be studying Kant’s principal statement of that moral philosophy, the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, and the works of two more recent American Kantians, John Rawls and Christine Korsgaard. We will pay special attention to commonalities between them—what makes Rawls and Korsgaard Kantian—and to the implications of each philosopher’s views for how we should live.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

A critical examination of a variety of different types of classical, modern, and contemporary ethical theories, including consequentialist theories, deontological theories, and virtue theories. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits in PHIL or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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