PL 370 - Masterpieces of Western Ethics:, Humanities IV

Institution:

DeSales University

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

Surveys seminal ethical texts in the Western, tradition, including Plato's Gorgias, works by, Aristotle, Aquinas' treatises On Happiness and On, Law, Mill's Utilitarianism and Kant's Groundwork, for the Metaphysics of Morals. The course, situates these texts in their historical and, cultural contexts, and grapples with underlying, metaphysical and anthropological issues at stake, in competing views of ethics.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

PL-109, Humanities 1 and 2

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.desales.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 282-1100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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