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24.231 Ethics
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Undergrad (Fall) HASS Humanities
Prereq: One philosophy subject
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR11 (4-163) Recitation: F10 (35-308) or F11 (35-308)
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Systematic study of central theories in ethics, including egoism, act and rule utilitarianism, intuitionism, emotivism, rights theories, and contractualism. Discussion and readings also focus on problems associated with moral conflicts, justice, the relationship between rightness and goodness, objective vs. subjective moral judgments, moral truth, and relativism.
T. Schapiro
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