Introduction To Ethics
PHIL-140-1
Binghamton University
- Semester
- Summer 2024
- Instructor
- Robert Kippes
- Start Date
- 07-08-2024
- Total Credits
- 4
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We often judge our own actions or others’ to be right or wrong. But what do we mean by this? For example, is stealing wrong in the same way that I might get a question wrong on a mathematics quiz? Perhaps we just judge actions right or wrong according to the values inculcated in us by our family and society? But if this is the case, how could I ever be justified in thinking I do the right thing or live an ethical life? Ethics asks these questions and more: what is the nature of morality? How should I act in order to live ethically? Why should I act ethically? Is morality no more than ideology? In this course we will survey some of the most important theories in ethical philosophy from virtue ethics to sentimentalism, deontology, utilitarianism, and more. More than this, we will also consider some of the most challenging criticisms of moral philosophy.
Course Area: Philosophy
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 07-08-2024 - 08-09-2024
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