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Prequisites
None
Instructor
Harvey Willis
Tutors
Mr. Pascal Mmere
Ms.Taiquah Hall
Ms. Noelle Williams
Mr. Harvey Willis
Instructions
Two lectures and one tutorial per week.
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Syllabus:
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1The possibility of an ethical theory: |
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Major
Theories:
(a) Moral truths-Are there facts of the matter
about what is morally good or right?
(b) Absolutism, Relativism
(c) Freedom, Causal determinism and fatalism.
(d) The alleged gap between fact and value.
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Ethical
Theories:
(a) Normative Ethics: (i) Utilitarianism
(ii) Kantianism (iii) Virtue Ethics
(b) Meta-ethics: (i) Intuitionism
(ii) Emotivism (iii) Prescriptivism |
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Issues: |
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(a) Abortion
(b) Capital Punishment
(c) Euthanasia
(d) Discrimination and Social Interaction.
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