PHIL 158 CM - Ethical Theory

This course will address the question “What makes an action moral or immoral?” In the process of answering it, students will be introduced to the techniques that philosophers use to resolve ethical problems and to some of the greatest works of ethical philosophy in the Western canon, including works by Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill.

Prerequisite: One prior course in philosophy or permission of instructor

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: PHIL158 CM