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PHIL 2101: Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy (Lurz)
Unit 5: Ethical Theories
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PHIL 2101: Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy (Lurz): Unit 5: Ethical Theories
PHIL 2101: Introduction to Problems of Philosophy
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Unit 1: What is Philosophy?
Unit 2: Knowledge & Certainty
Unit 3: Foundations of Knowledge
Unit 5: Ethical Theories
Unit 6: Free Will
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Ethical Theories
Why are some actions morally right while others are morally wrong?
Unit 5: Readings
Mill, Utilitarianism
Mill, John Stuart. “Excerpt from Ch. 2: What Utilitarianism Is.” In Utilitarianism, 8–17. Longmans, Green, reprinted from Fraser’s Magazine, 1879.
Kant, Excerpt from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant, Immanuel, and H. J Paton. “Formula of Universal Law, Canon of Moral Judgment, Formula of the End in Itself, Formula of Autonomy.” In Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, 88–98. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Thought, 2009.
Unit 5: Multimedia
Right and Wrong: Kant's Axe
Pete Singer on Utilitarianism
The Trolley Problem
Unit 5: Power Point Slides
Ethical Theories
Recorded Lesson
Lecture for Unit 5, part 1
Lecture for Unit 5, part 2
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