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Syllabus
Goals of the Course
- Understand, integrate, and critically assess theories from a wide range of disciplines on the nature of ethics (e.g. philosophy, moral psychology, anthropology, biology).
- To use this integrated understanding to gain insights on the nature of racism, international justice, and political and religious difference.
- Acquire the analytic and expressive skills central to the philosophical study of ethics.
Course Description
This introductory ethics course surveys traditional ethical theories using both primary and secondary philosophical literature, and major contemporary research in moral psychology, anthropology, and biology. Throughout the course we consider applied ethical problems, such as the nature of racism, international justice, and political and religious difference. In addition to standard readings, we read Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind, Franz de Waal, Morally Evolved, Peter Singer and others on international justice and obligations to the poor. The course also addresses ethical issues in political and religious difference. Total expected study time: 85 hours. Total pages: 754.
