PHIL1201 - 01 - Global Ethics

(ER) Ethical Reasoning (M) Moral Reasoning (DM) Diversity & Multiculturalism

This course engages with a variety of philosophical traditions in order to come to greater understanding of what ethics is and how conversations about the ethical life have evolved across time and space. Students can expect to engage with texts from a variety of traditions including but not limited to Buddhist, ancient Greek, contemporary African, Aztec, Medieval Islamic, contemporary Feminist, and contemporary Indigenous American philosophy. Students can expect to encounter questions including but not limited to the following: "Is 'ethics' purely subjective and a matter of cultural relativism?"; and, "What is the relationship between the ethical life and the good life?" and "How can our study of ethics help us to solve contemporary ethical issues facing the global community today?"