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PHIL 2325

Contemporary Moral Problems

 

Fall 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAR131942

 

1.        Ring of Gyges

2.        Introduction in a few broad strokes

3.        Logic Boot Camp

 

4.        Rachels, Chapter 1:       What is Morality?

5.        Rachels, Chapter 2:       The Challenge of Cultural Relativism

6.        Rachels, Chapters 3, 5: Moral Skepticism, Psychological Egoism & Ethical Egoism

7.        Rachels, Chapter 4:       Morality and Religion

8.        Rachels, Chapter 4:       Divine Command Theory

9.        Rachels, Chapter 4:       Natural Law Theory

10.     Rachels, Chapter 6:       The Idea of a Social Contract

11.     Rachels, Chapters 7:     Utilitarian Ethics #1

12.     Rachels, Chapters 8:     Utilitarian Ethics #2

13.     Rachels, Chapters 9:     The Categorical Imperative #1

14.     Rachels, Chapter 10:     The Categorical Imperative #2

15.     Rachels, Chapter 11:     Feminism and the Ethics of Care

16.     Kohlberg: The Stages of Moral Development

17.     Rachels, Chapter 12:     The Ethics of Virtue

18.     McGinn: Apes, Humans, Aliens, Vampires and Robots

 

 

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I strongly encourage students to arrange access to an encyclopedia or dictionary of philosophy.

 

A decent and relatively inexpensive dictionary is

A Dictionary of Philosophy by Anthony Flew.

 

On-line encyclopedia options include:

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy