INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS  COURSE SYLLABUS



I INTRODUCTION: conceptual framework

 1. what is ethics?
 2. main concepts of ethics
 3. formal definition of the good
 4. necessary conditions for morality
 5. classification of ethical views
 6. the moral law: universal concepts and moral judgments

II HISTORY: major figures

1. PLATO AND ARISTOTLE

2. EPICUREANS AND STOICS

3. AUGUSTINE AND AQUINAS

4. HOBBES AND BUTLER

5. HUME AND KANT

6 MILL AND SARTRE

III MORAL LAW: analysis and applications

1. THE MORAL ABSOLUTE

2. THINKING

3. INTEGRITY

4. WORK

5. AUTHORITY

6. HUMAN DIGNITY

7. FRIENDSHIP

8. VALUE

9. JUSTICE

10. SUFFERING

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