PHIL 105

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Introduction to Ethics

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Credit: 3 hours.

Some basic questions of ethics, discussed in the light of influential ethical theories and with reference to specific moral problems, such as: what makes an action morally right? are moral standards absolute or relative? what is the relation between personal morality and social morality, and between social morality and law?

Credit is not given for both PHIL 105 and either PHIL 104 or PHIL 106.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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PHIL 105 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	35449	Lecture-Discussion	S1	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	331 Gregory Hall	Smith, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil course. Section Info: This course is an introduction to ethical theory, understood as the philosophical study of morality. We will start by getting a sense of how to do philosophy in general before briefly engaging with some foundational issues in ethical theory. Then, we will move on to discussing three prominent approaches to ethical theory: utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Aristotelian virtue ethics. In addition, at various points in the course we will also consider moral questions having to do with particular issues of contemporary concern, such as famine relief, pornography, and abortion.
	35457	Lecture-Discussion	S2	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	325 Gregory Hall	Smith, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil course. Section Info: This course is an introduction to ethical theory, understood as the philosophical study of morality. We will start by getting a sense of how to do philosophy in general before briefly engaging with some foundational issues in ethical theory. Then, we will move on to discussing three prominent approaches to ethical theory: utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Aristotelian virtue ethics. In addition, at various points in the course we will also consider moral questions having to do with particular issues of contemporary concern, such as famine relief, pornography, and abortion.