Fall 2023  |  PHIL 3311W Section 001: Introduction to Ethical Theory (20078)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Mon, Wed 09:20AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 184
Enrollment Status:
Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Nature and justification of moral judgments and moral principles; analysis of representative moral views.
Class Description:
This course offers an introduction to ethical theory by way of a detailed examination of contemporary virtue ethics. We will begin with the very general question of what ethical theory is meant to be a theory of, in order to examine how different philosophical assumptions (consequentialist, deontological, and virtue-theoretic) emphasize different aspects of the ethical domain. We will then consider how a virtue-theoretic approach addresses some central topics in ethical theory - among them right action, moral judgment, moral motivation, moral education, and moral responsibility. In the process we will attend to whether (and, if so, how) virtue ethics differs from modern consequentialism and deontology and whether virtue ethics can be improved with the addition of some further philosophical assumptions. This course will be taught by Professor Liam Monahan.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: participation, informal writing, and presentations
Class Format:
66% Lecture
34% Discussion
Workload:
35 Pages Reading Per Week
15-21 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Informal writing and presentations
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20078/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2008

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