Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 2306 — Where does morality come from, and does it have an objective foundation?
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Unit 1: Aristotle
Explore Aristotle’s account of virtue, character, and the good life through the Nicomachean Ethics.
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Unit 2: Thomas Aquinas
Examine Aquinas’s theory of natural law and the order of reason in the Summa Theologiae.
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Unit 3: Immanuel Kant
Investigate Kant’s ethics of duty, the good will, and the categorical imperative.
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Unit 4: John Stuart Mill
Understand Mill’s utilitarianism, the greatest happiness principle, and its account of justice.
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Unit 5: Friedrich Nietzsche
Analyze Nietzsche’s genealogy of morality and his critique of our moral values.
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Unit 6: Simone de Beauvoir
Explore de Beauvoir’s ethics of freedom, ambiguity, and responsibility to others.