Spring 2018  |  PHIL 8310 Section 001: Seminar: Moral Philosophy (66663)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Wed 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
Enrollment Status:
Open (3 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Concepts/problems relating to ethical discourse. prereq: 4310 or 4320 or 4330 or instr consent
Class Notes:
The seminar topic for Spring 2018 will be: Valuing Persons. It is a dogma of contemporary moral philosophy that each person possesses an unconditional value that merits respect; respecting others thus is a morally mandated mode of valuing persons. In what, however does such a mode of valuing persons consist? How does it relate to other modes of both valuing and *dis*valuing persons? Do modes of valuing persons grounded in their compliance (or flouting) of deontic standards (e.g., their status as a wrongdoer) exhaust the morally significant range of valuing/disvaluing attitudes? Or in valuing persons as we morally should, must we likewise attend to their compliance (or flouting) of non-deontic (e.g., aretaic) standards, as well? This course will be conducted as an advanced research seminar into these topics, culminating in each student offering a mock conference presentation and producing a (potentially) publishable research paper. Core readings will be drawn from contemporary philosophers and the instructor's forthcoming manuscript, supplemented by readings suggested by students' independent research.
Class Description:
The seminar topic for Spring 2018 will be: Valuing Persons. It is a dogma of contemporary moral philosophy that each person possesses an unconditional value that merits respect; respecting others thus is a morally mandated mode of valuing persons. In what, however does such a mode of valuing persons consist? How does it relate to other modes of both valuing and *dis*valuing persons? Do modes of valuing persons grounded in their compliance (or flouting) of deontic standards (e.g., their status as a wrongdoer) exhaust the morally significant range of valuing/disvaluing attitudes? Or in valuing persons as we morally should, must we likewise attend to their compliance (or flouting) of non-deontic (e.g., aretaic) standards, as well? This course will be conducted as an advanced research seminar into these topics, culminating in each student offering a mock conference presentation and producing a (potentially) publishable research paper. Core readings will be drawn from contemporary philosophers and the instructor's forthcoming manuscript, supplemented by readings suggested by students' independent research.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Graduate students in philosophy.
Learning Objectives:

Seminar participants will:


· Become familiar with arguments and approaches to the topic as it is treated

· Present their research on the topic, and

· Produce a significant body of written work on the topic.


Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66663/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 May 2017

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