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PHIL121 HM - Ethical Theory

Credit(s): 3

Wright. A survey of contemporary philosophical thinking about morality, concentrating on theories of normative ethics but with some attention to issues in metaethics. The course explores consequentialist, deontological, egoistic, and virtue-based normative theories, as well as debates about the impact of a commitment to morality on personal projects and relationships.