PHIL 450 - Ethical Theory

(3 units) CO12

Branch of ethics that concerns morality. Topics include: maximizing good, constraints on the pursuit of good, self versus society, rules versus judgment, moral conflict, beyond morality.

Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of philosophy.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. state a thesis about a problem in ethical theory, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. explain and interpret the ideas associated with theories of ethics in contemporary philosophical literature.
3. distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize relevant logical relationships and patterns of inference (in contemporary theories of ethics).
4. show what is at stake in abstract debates in philosophical ethics, and indicate how positions in these debates has implications for the practice of moral agents and, where relevant, other areas of philosophical inquiry.

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