Brief Description:

Why did Kant think it was wrong to make promises one has no intention of keeping? Why did Mill think it better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied? What would Aristotle say about the responsibility of a drunk driver for a resultant fatal accident? It is questions of this nature that will be addressed in this course. It will involve a careful examination of what the greatest minds in western civilization before 1900 had to say about happiness and right and wrong.

Text:

Newberry, Paul A., editor, Theories of Ethics (Mayfield, 1999)

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