INTRODUCTORY ETHICS

COURSE OUTLINE

SPRING 2011

1. PRACTICAL MATTERS/OVERVIEW

2. INTRODUCTION

A. NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY

B. ETYMOLOGY/DEFINITION

C. DIVISIONS

3. ETHICS

A. WHAT IT IS

B. POSSIBLE PROCEDURES

C. HISTORY/TEXTS/PROBLEMS

D. 2000'S CONCEPTION OF GOOD HUMAN LIFE

4. DEATH & THE KING'S HORSEMAN

5. CONFUCIUS

A. THE ANALECTS

6. THE BUDDHA & BUDDHISM

A. THE DHAMMAPADA

7. PRE-SOCRATICS & SOCRATES

8. PLATO

A. VIRTUE/HUMAN EXCELLENCE

B. "JUSTICE"--DIKAIOSUNE

C. STATE & INDIVIDUAL

D. EDUCATION

E. NATURE OF HUMAN PERSON

F. PHILOSOPHER RULER

G. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

H. ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE

I. DIVIDED LINE

J. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL

9. ARISTOTLE

A. END/OBJECT OF LIFE

B. MORAL GOODNESS

C. MORAL RESPONSIBILITY

D. VIRTUES--INTELLECTUAL & MORAL

E. FRIENDSHIP

F. PLEASURE & HAPPINESS

10. MILL

A. UTILITARIANISM

11. KANT

A. THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

12. ML KING

13. AQUINAS

A. POLITICS & ETHICS

B. SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES

C. SUMMA THEOLOGIAE

D. GOD

E. END

F. GOOD

G. HAPPINESS

H. VIRTUE

I. LAW

J. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

K. WAR/HOMICIDE/SUICIDE

L. THEFT

M. SELF-DEFENSE

N. LYING/DRUNKENESS

O. VIRGINITY

14. HUMANAE VITAE

15. EXISTENTIALISM

16. AMY KUEBELBECK