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    Apr 21, 2026  
2026-2027_College Catalog

PHI 105 - Introduction to Ethics


Credits: 3
Lecture: Three lecture.
Lab: 0

Key concepts and problems in ethics and social and political philosophy. Historic and contemporary reading with application to modern concerns.

Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
1.Distinguish different schools of moral thought and the philosophers associated with them.
2. Evaluate the strengths and limitations of major ethical theories.

3. Identify and discuss the moral dimension of contemporary social problems.

4. Use philosophical methodologies such as the Socratic method to refine moral concepts and to evaluate moral arguments.

5. Apply their knowledge of important concepts such as (e.g.) ‘rights’, ‘equality’, and ‘duties’ to important social issues.

6. Evaluate the arguments given in the texts and by their classmates by developing relevant counter-arguments or additional supporting arguments;

 

General Education: Arts and Humanities