Introduction to Ethics examines human life, experience & thought in order to encourage students to discover and develop the principles and values for pursuing a more fulfilled existence. This course will cover all the foundationally necessary topics for a student to grasp an understanding of introductory ethics. Topics covered will include morality, relativism, subjectivism, religious ethics, psychological egoism, ethical egoism, utilitarianism, human dignity, social contract theory and the ethics of virtue. Guided by the course textbook, we will discuss the theories classic philosophers such as Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, John Stuart Mills and Immanuel Kant, as well as modern essayists in the field of ethics and moral philosophy.
- Teacher: Matt Hull