PHIL 421

Fall 2011 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

Ethical Theories

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Systematic study of selected classics in moral philosophy by such philosophers as Aristotle, Hume, and Kant.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy.

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PHIL 421 class schedule data for fall 2011
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40630	Lecture-Discussion	G4	12:00PM -12:50PM	MWF	Armory	Sussman, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/11-12/07/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Graduate Section. This course will examine several accounts of the relationship between morality and human nature. We will consider whether moral principles are grounded in reason, or if they are better understood as expressions of emotional lives (i.e., whether being a moral person is primarily a matter of knowing or understanding something, or is it be more like having good taste or a sense of humor). We will also consider whether a person must be moral if she is to lead a good or happy human life, or if morality makes true human flourishing impossible (and what we should do if this turns out to be the case). Our primary readings will be Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature, Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	30658	Lecture-Discussion	U3	12:00PM -12:50PM	MWF	Armory	Sussman, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/11-12/07/11 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Undergraduate Section. This course will examine several accounts of the relationship between morality and human nature. We will consider whether moral principles are grounded in reason, or if they are better understood as expressions of emotional lives (i.e., whether being a moral person is primarily a matter of knowing or understanding something, or is it be more like having good taste or a sense of humor). We will also consider whether a person must be moral if she is to lead a good or happy human life, or if morality makes true human flourishing impossible (and what we should do if this turns out to be the case). Our primary readings will be Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature, Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.