Normative Ethics

Fall 2012

Normative Ethics

Listed in: Philosophy, as PHIL-310

Formerly listed as: PHIL-34

Faculty

Daniel A. Koltonski (Section 01)

Description

We will be concerned to see whether there is anything to be said in a principled way about right and wrong. The core of the course will be an examination of three central traditions in ethical philosophy in the West, typified by Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill. We will also look at contemporary discussions of the relation between the demands of morality and those personal obligations that spring from friendships, as well as recent views about the nature of personal welfare.

Requisite: One course in Philosophy or consent of the instructor.  Limited to 25 students. Fall semester. Visiting Professor Koltonski

Cost: 120.00 ?

Course times and locations

PHIL 310 - L/D

Section 01
M 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM COOP 201
W 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM COOP 201

Textbooks

Below are the textbooks used in this course, along with pricing information and availability at local bookstores. The price range shown is based upon queries to multiple online booksellers; click on the the price field to see detailed pricing information.

ISBN	Title	Publisher	Author(s)	Comment	Book Store	Price
978-0521098229	Utilitarianism: For and Against	Cambridge	Smart and Williams	Required Text	Amherst Books	TBD
978-0521604161	Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals	Cambridge	Sedgwick	Required Text	Amherst Books	TBD
978-0915145614	Five Sermons	Hackett	Butler	Required Text	Amherst Books	TBD
9780872206496	The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill	Hackett	Troyer, ed.	Required Text	Amherst Books	TBD
9781107401068	Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)	Cambridge University Press	Kant	Required Text	Amherst Books	From $7.17-$27.98

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2022-23: Offered in Fall 2022
Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2022, Spring 2024