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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 3-22-1994 |
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PHI105
1994 Fall – 2011 Summer II |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Introduction
to Ethics |
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Major
theories of conduct. Emphasis on normative ethics, theories of good and evil
from Plato to the present. Prerequisites: None. |
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MCCCD
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PHI105 1994
Fall – 2011 Summer II |
Introduction to Ethics |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Plato, including the relation of knowledge to moral conduct. (I) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Aristotle, including the doctrine of the golden mean. (II) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Epicurus, including his views on pleasure and nature. (III) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Epictetus, including the concept of apathy. (IV) |
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Describe and
critically analyze the ethical theory of St. Augustine, including his notions
of the City of God and the City of Man. (V) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of St.
Thomas Aquinas, including the role of natural law. (VI) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Hobbes, including his view of the psychological nature of man. (VII) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Hume, including his emphasis on the roles of pleasure and pain. (VIII) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Kant, including the role of the categorical imperative. (IX) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Mill, including the role of the greatest happiness principle. (X) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Marx, including the role of ideology. (XI) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of
Nietzsche, including the concept of the transvaluation
of values. (XII) |
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Describe and critically analyze the ethical theory of de
Beauvoir, including the role of existentialism. (XIII) |
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MCCCD
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PHI105 1994
Fall – 2011 Summer II |
Introduction to Ethics |
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I. Plato A. Historical and
philosophical context B. The relationship of
knowledge and virtue II. Aristotle A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Moral character C. The golden mean III. Epicurus A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Pleasure C. Nature IV. Epictetus A. Historical and philosophical
context B. Self-discipline C. Apathy V. Saint Augustine A. Historical and
philosophical context B. The City of God C. The City of Man VI. Saint Thomas Aquinas A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Morality C. Natural law VII. Thomas Hobbes A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Social contract ethics VIII. David Hume A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Pleasure and pain C. Morality and sentiment IX. Immanuel Kant A. Historical and
philosophical context B. The categorical
imperative C. Duty and reason X. John Stuart Mill A. Historical and
philosophical context B. The greatest happiness
principle XI. Karl Marx A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Morality as ideology XII. Friederich
Nietzsche A. Historical and
philosophical context B. The transvaluation
of values XIII. Simone de Beauvoir A. Historical and
philosophical context B. Ethics as radical
freedom |