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Introduction to Ethics

Introduction to Ethics

Lecture 1: What Is Morality? 

Additional resources:

  • Ethics of Natural Law
  • Evaluating Arguments: Validity and Soundness 
  • Ethics as a Part of Philosophy: http://falcon.tamucc.edu/~sencerz/metaeth.htm 
  • Review questions to lecture 1 (the first set)
  • Review questions to lecture 1 (the second set)

  Lecture 2: The Challenge of Cultural Relativism 

Additional resources:

  • Review questions to lecture 2)

 Lecture 3: Psychological and Ethical Egoism  

Additional resources:

  • Revew questions to lecture 3

 Lecture 4: Utilitarianism 

Additional resources:

  • How to work with the matrix of utilities 
  • Intrinsic Value and the Isolation Test
  • Ethical Theories: Application guidelines
  • Review questions to lecture 4

Lecture 5: Deontology, Kant, and Ethics of Respect for Persons

Additional resources:

  • Ethical Theories: Application guidelines
  • Review questions to lecture 5

Extended Examples of using ethical theories:

Euthanasia

Capital Punishment

Marijuana

Nonhuman Animals 

https://philosophy.tamucc.edu/people/faculty/sencerz/ethics/extended_ex… 

 

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