Goucher College 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    May 01, 2024  
Goucher College 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PHL 243 - Ethical Theory (3 Cr.)

(GEN. ED. #10)
A study of the major modern systems of ethics, with emphasis on meta-ethical inquiry. The first half of the semester introduces students to deontology, utilitarianism, and the ethics of alterity through primary texts. In the second half, students reflect on critical responses to these systems from more contemporary positions, which emphasize embodiment and particularity. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, a 100-level philosophy course, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. Grebowicz.