Through the examination of classic and contemporary texts, students will consider different
moral theories including deontology, consequentialism, virtue ethics, and moral pluralism.
Students will also examine how key concepts such as ought, reason, duty, good, value, justice,
and virtue figure in these theories. Students will additionally explore various practical ethical
issues including the ethics of abortion and the relation between being happy and being good.
By the end of the course, students will be familiar with a range of debates, concepts, and
arguments about ethics. Students will be expected to become familiar with the relevant literatures
on these themes, to read the required readings prior to the class meetings, and to be prepared to
analyse competing philosophical accounts both in discussions and in pieces of assessment.