Faculty: Management and Social Science
Course Number PHIL1014
Course Title: ETHICS
Course instructor: Rev. William Leslie
Credits: 3
Section: 1, 2, 3 & 4
Semester: 2013 -1
Class Meeting Times: Section 1: 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. - RLC Conf. Rm Section 2: 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. – RLC144 Section 3: 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. - RLC228 Section 4: 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. - RLC Conf. Rm Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites None
Office Location FMSS Main Building
Office Hours: Immediately BEFORE AND AFTER class or by appointment.
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Is the prohibition on torture an absolute moral rule?
Chapter 9: The Categorical Imperative (Annex D- “Elements of Moral Philosophy”)
Wk 11
29th & 31st Oct
Kantian Ethics: Good will, cont’d Categorical and Hypothetical Imperative, Duty, Rational Nature, Just War- Just peace, Terror, Punishment
Is the prohibition on aiming at the death of a harmless person an absolute moral rule?
Is the prohibition on torture an absolute moral rule?
Chapter 9: The Categorical Imperative (Annex D- Chapter 9 Elements of Moral Philosophy
Wk 12
5th & 7th Nov
Virtue Ethics: Virtuous Character, Right Actions
-What can be considered virtuous?
-master morality vs slave morality
Chapter 13: The Ethics of Virtue (Annex F – “Elements of Moral Philosophy”)
Assignment-2 due
Wk13,
12th & 14th Nov
Justice and Care: Moral Development, Moral Judgment
Test-2,
-Feminism and the Ethics of Care
- Patriarchal system and care giving
- autonomy vs care
Test-2
Chapter 12: (Annex E- “Elements of Moral …show more content…
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