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=Major Course Research Questions=
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# What are moral values and where do they come from? 
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# What is the evidence for seeing morality as a product of evolution?  
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# What is the origin and ground of values?
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# To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs, and behavior?
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# How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in?
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# To what extent is our morality determined by cultural processes?
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# What kind of theory is a moral theory? (meta-level question)
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# How do we use morality to solve problems?
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# What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics?
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# What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers?  
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# How is our psychology and identity related to our moral valuation and behavior?
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# What is justice? What do I owe strangers in my society and beyond?
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# What is justice?
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# Are there limits to the partiality I should show to my family and friends?
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# What are our obligations to others in need of assistance?
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# Are there “basic liberties”? How are they identified?  Is access to abortion services one of them?
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# How are personal and political morality related?
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# Should I cultivate empathy for others?
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# What is political and moral difference?
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# Do we have free will? Are we really as responsible for our behavior (including praise and blame behavior) as we think?
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# How should I think about people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than I do?
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# How should we treat people who violate the law? Should we punish them retributively?
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# Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"?
 

Latest revision as of 17:47, 16 January 2024

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  1. What are moral values and where do they come from?
  2. What is the evidence for seeing morality as a product of evolution?
  3. To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs, and behavior?
  4. To what extent is our morality determined by cultural processes?
  5. How do we use morality to solve problems?
  6. What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers?
  7. What is justice? What do I owe strangers in my society and beyond?
  8. Are there limits to the partiality I should show to my family and friends?
  9. Are there “basic liberties”? How are they identified? Is access to abortion services one of them?
  10. Should I cultivate empathy for others?
  11. Do we have free will? Are we really as responsible for our behavior (including praise and blame behavior) as we think?
  12. How should we treat people who violate the law? Should we punish them retributively?
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