PHIL 215 - Introduction to Ethics

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Develops the ideas of humans as moral agents and critically considers various interpretations of the ideals and standards of moral conduct.

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a C or higher.
Distribution Requirements:

Humanities Distribution Requirement

General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Think General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Use and understand ethical language, problems and conundrums.
Understand and use the major traditions of ethical analysis.
Recognize, become familiar with and use the ethical models of representative philosophers from several traditions.

Course Contents

Why be moral?
Western Ethics: virtue ethics, deontologoical ethics, utilitatian ethics.
Critics of Western Ethical Traditions: Feminism, Existentialism, Environmentalism.
Non-Western Ethics: Indigenous, Islamic, Chinese.

Instructional Units: 5