Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Philosophy
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-195654 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Summer 2025 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MWF 1000 AM 1240 PM 06/30/2025 08/01/2025
Enrollment: Enrolled     
9 		Capacity     
30
Instructors: Yusuke Satake
Delivery Mode: Online
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. These topics can include: What are the rational implications of moral disagreements? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck? Do animals have moral rights? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? 

This course will be in-person and online. It will be synchronous for those logging in from a different time zone from Eastern Standard Time.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-174139 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Summer 2024 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MTWR 1200 PM 230 PM 05/20/2024 06/14/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
7 		Capacity     
30
Instructors: Kevin Gausselin
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. These topics can include: What are the rational implications of moral disagreements? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck? Do animals have moral rights? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? 

This course will be in-person and online. It will be synchronous for those logging in from a different time zone from Eastern Standard Time.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-151976 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Summer 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MTWR 100 PM 330 PM Online Room 26 (ASE) 05/15/2023 06/09/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
11 		Capacity     
30
Instructors: Zee Click
Delivery Mode: Online
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. Some questions to be explored: What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Does the history of racial injustice in the U.S. create a moral demand for reparations, and if so, what is the best argument for this? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Do animals have moral rights? How should we understand the meaning and value of human life and death? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is it okay to destroy embryos for stem cell research? Is active euthanasia ever permissible? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? We will also explore related general questions: Is it always possible for a good enough end to justify bad means? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? Are there situations in which every available action is wrong? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck?
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-188087 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Spring 2025 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM 01/21/2025 05/11/2025
Enrollment: Enrolled     
81 		Capacity     
84
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-01
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor permission is required for this course. Use the "Request Course Section Prerequisite Override" task found on your academics dashboard under the Planning ||chr(38)|| Registration section to request this permission.
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. Some questions to be explored: What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Does the history of racial injustice in the U.S. create a moral demand for reparations, and if so, what is the best argument for this? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Do animals have moral rights? How should we understand the meaning and value of human life and death? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is it okay to destroy embryos for stem cell research? Is active euthanasia ever permissible? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? We will also explore related general questions: Is it always possible for a good enough end to justify bad means? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? Are there situations in which every available action is wrong? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck?
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-165667 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Spring 2024 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM 01/17/2024 05/11/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
82 		Capacity     
84
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor permission is required for this course. Use the "Request Course Section Prerequisite Override" task found on your academics dashboard under the Planning ||chr(38)|| Registration section to request this permission.
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. Some questions to be explored: What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Does the history of racial injustice in the U.S. create a moral demand for reparations, and if so, what is the best argument for this? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Do animals have moral rights? How should we understand the meaning and value of human life and death? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is it okay to destroy embryos for stem cell research? Is active euthanasia ever permissible? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? We will also explore related general questions: Is it always possible for a good enough end to justify bad means? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? Are there situations in which every available action is wrong? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck?
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-199884 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Fall 2025 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM 08/25/2025 12/17/2025
Enrollment: Enrolled     
65 		Capacity     
75
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. Some questions to be explored: What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Does the history of racial injustice in the U.S. create a moral demand for reparations, and if so, what is the best argument for this? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Do animals have moral rights? How should we understand the meaning and value of human life and death? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is it okay to destroy embryos for stem cell research? Is active euthanasia ever permissible? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? We will also explore related general questions: Is it always possible for a good enough end to justify bad means? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? Are there situations in which every available action is wrong? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck?
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-175740 PHIL 103-1 Moral Problems Fall 2024 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM 08/26/2024 12/18/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
88 		Capacity     
90
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor permission is required for this course. Use the "Request Course Section Prerequisite Override" task found on your academics dashboard under the Planning ||chr(38)|| Registration section to request this permission.
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. Some questions to be explored: What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Does the history of racial injustice in the U.S. create a moral demand for reparations, and if so, what is the best argument for this? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Do animals have moral rights? How should we understand the meaning and value of human life and death? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is it okay to destroy embryos for stem cell research? Is active euthanasia ever permissible? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? We will also explore related general questions: Is it always possible for a good enough end to justify bad means? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? Are there situations in which every available action is wrong? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck?
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-154874 PHIL 103-1 Moral Problems Fall 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM Dewey Room 2162 08/30/2023 12/22/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
96 		Capacity     
98
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor permission is required for this course. Use the "Request Course Section Prerequisite Override" task found on your academics dashboard under the Planning ||chr(38)|| Registration section to request this permission.
Description: An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. Some questions to be explored: What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Does the history of racial injustice in the U.S. create a moral demand for reparations, and if so, what is the best argument for this? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Do animals have moral rights? How should we understand the meaning and value of human life and death? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is it okay to destroy embryos for stem cell research? Is active euthanasia ever permissible? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? We will also explore related general questions: Is it always possible for a good enough end to justify bad means? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? Are there situations in which every available action is wrong? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck?
Offered: Fall Spring Summer