PHIL 102
Introduction to Ethics
Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for PHIL 102.
Description
Ethics is the philosophical study of morality. This course examines several ethical theories, including Consequentialism, Deontology and Virtue Ethics, and provides an introduction to fundamental questions about the nature of morality such as whether moral values are objective, subjective or culturally relative. The course also includes discussion of selected current moral controversies.
Availability 2012
Summer School, repeated Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Professor Rosalind Hursthouse
Dr Vanya Kovach
Recommended Reading
James Rachels, The Elements of Moral Philosophy, 5th ed. (McGraw Hill, 2007)
Piers Benn, Ethics (Routledge, 1998).
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
PHIL 102: 15 points
Restrictions
PSYCHIAT 102, HLTHPSYC 102