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PHIL 242 History of Moral Philosophy Units: 3.00
This course will immerse students in questions animating the history of moral philosophy that remain resonant today. Examples may include: what constitutes a good life for a human being? Why should we be moral? Are there facts about moral right and wrong, and if so, how can we discern them? Readings will draw from western and non-western texts that have been historically influential; thinkers from distinct eras and traditions will be put into conversation with one another. Close textual analysis will be emphasized.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (A minimum GPA of 2.00 in 6.0 units of PHIL) or (a minimum grade of B- in 3.0 units of PHIL).
Exclusion PHIL 257/6.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Integrate content from the course readings and in-class discussions to produce a portfolio of written work that reveals an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the history of moral philosophy that approximately tracks the progression of the course in real time.
- Communicate their assimilation of a reasonable subset of the course readings and in-class discussions via organized, cogent prose.
- Support and enhance the learning of their peers via oral contributions to discussions, active listening, or other means provided or required by the syllabus.
- Reconstruct arguments from the philosophical texts being studied and raise interpretive questions about or accurately targeted objections to those arguments, in written or oral forms as required by the syllabus, at an intermediate level.