Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Philosophy
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 Lattimore Room 531 05/20/2024 06/14/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
5 		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-3-165667 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 Meliora Room 221 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
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-3-143488 PHIL 103-1 Contemporary Moral Problems Spring 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM Meliora Room 221 01/11/2023 05/06/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
80 		Capacity     
86
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor 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-3-175740 PHIL 103-1 Moral Problems Fall 2024 4.0 Closed
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM Dewey Room 2162 08/26/2024 12/18/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
75 		Capacity     
75
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor 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
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-3-133697 PHIL 103-1 Moral Problems Fall 2022 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM Dewey Room 2162 08/31/2022 12/22/2022
Enrollment: Enrolled     
82 		Capacity     
88
Co-Located: EHUM 103-1, PHIL 103-1 (P), SUST 114-1
Instructors: William FitzPatrick
Restrictions: Instructor 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