PHIL 390 - Ethical Theory

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Three hours of philosophy.
An in-depth examination of perennial problems and issues in ethical theory. Texts of major philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hume and Kant are used to focus discussion of topics such as the nature of justice, happiness and the good life, duty and moral obligation, and moral virtue.