Instructor:

Richard Lee (Office hours)

Course number:

PHIL 2103 sec. 012 (ISIS number: 6141)

Time:

M-F 10:50 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Room:

JBHT 147

Brief Description:

This course is an introduction to the nature of moral right and wrong (metaethics), fundamental theories of what is morally right and wrong (normative ethics), and some exploration of real life issues of moral right and wrong (applied ethics). Views discussed will range from those in ancient Greece to philosophers living today. Among the issues in applied ethics we will discuss will be abortion, capital punishment, homosexuality, war and terrorism, the treatment of animals, and the environment. This course may not make you a better person, but it should help you think more clearly about important moral issues.

Texts:

• Russ Shafer-Landau, ed., The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, second edition (Oxford University Press, 2011) ISBN13: 9780199773527
• Russ Shafer-Landau, The Fundamentals of Ethics, second edition (Oxford University Press, 2011) ISBN13: 9780199773558
• web documents

(The two texts can be purchased as a "bundle" which has its own ISBN number: 9780199861316)

Other information:

• Why Do Philosophy? FAQ
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• Questions to Teacher
• First Examination
• Paper (Writing Assignment)
• Second Examination
• Third Examination
• "Identifying and Formulating Arguments"
• "The Realm of the Moral"
• "Kantian Ethical Theory"
• FOE2 resource website (external link)
• TEL2 resource website (external link)
• Peter Singer on Colbert (external link)
• Holt on the Divine Command Theory" (external link)
• Holt on the Euthyphro Dilemma (external link)
• Aristotle's Table of Virtues (external link)