PHIL 3410

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PHIL 3410
Ethical Theory

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

The theme of this course is "Modern Moral Philosophy," the title of G.E.M. Anscombe's famous indictment of hitherto dominant approaches to ethics. Anscombe's paper (published in 1958) played an important role in animating the approach to ethics now known as virtue ethics, according to which the cultivation of character gains emphasis over ethical principles, rules, and formulas. This course will be a detailed excursion into virtue ethics as it has developed over the last fifty-odd years, along with other, similarly eclectic approaches which elude straightforward categorization. Readings will include famous papers in modern moral philosophy by Iris Murdoch, Bernard Williams, Cora Diamond, Michael Stocker, Alisdair MacIntye, Philippa Foot, and John McDowell, as well as Anscombe.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: one previous course in Philosophy is recommended but not required.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9263 PHIL 3410   LEC 001

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