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# What is the origin and ground of values? | # What is the origin and ground of values? | ||
# How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in? | # How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in? | ||
| − | # What kind of theory is a moral theory? | + | # What kind of theory is a moral theory? (meta-level question) |
# What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics? | # What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics? | ||
# How is our psychology and identity related to our moral valuation and behavior? | # How is our psychology and identity related to our moral valuation and behavior? | ||
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# What are our obligations to others in need of assistance? | # What are our obligations to others in need of assistance? | ||
# How are personal and political morality related? | # How are personal and political morality related? | ||
| − | # How should I think about people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than | + | # What is political and moral difference? |
| + | # How should I think about people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than I do? | ||
# Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"? | # Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"? | ||
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Major Course Research Questions
- What is the origin and ground of values?
- How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in?
- What kind of theory is a moral theory? (meta-level question)
- What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics?
- How is our psychology and identity related to our moral valuation and behavior?
- What is justice?
- What are our obligations to others in need of assistance?
- How are personal and political morality related?
- What is political and moral difference?
- How should I think about people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than I do?
- Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"?
