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204 Ethics
Instructor: John Z. Ding
Office: 1-328
Phone: (909) 869-4660
Fax: (909) 869-4434
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Course Description:
This course is designed for the purpose of providing the students with a general introduction to moral philosophy in the theoretical and practical perspectives. This course will also discuss certain moral issues through a comparative approach.
Required Texts:
Ethel M. Albert, Theodore C. Denise and Sheldon P. Peterfreund, Great Traditions In Ethics, Wadsworth Publishing Company
Charles L. Reid, Choice and Action, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
Optional Readings:
Vincent Barry, Applying Ethics, Wadworth Publishing Company
Burton M. Leiser, Values In Conflict, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
Course Requirements:
Your grade will be based on the following factors, weighted on percentage:
1. Six quizzes (multiple choices and term identifications)25%
2. One oral speech with detailed outlines (7-10 minutes, classmates' evaluation and instructor's evaluation) 25%
a. Good preparation
b. Specific topic
c. Good understanding and personal thinking
d. Good response to listeners.
3.One take-home essay final (2 questions, 2-3 double space typing pages for each) 25%
a. Good understanding
b. Good reasoning and criticism
c. Clear and logical writing
4.Group and class discussions25%
a. Good attendance and participation
b. To be a group discussion leader and representative speaker to the whole class once.
A grade of F will be given if you miss 50% of class.
Course Format:
This course is divided into two parts (fifteen sections). A part of our class time will be devoted to discussing some moral issues.
Course Schedule:
Introduction:
1. What is ethics? L&D* GTE**1
2. How can we moralize? L&D CA1***
Part One: Theoretical Debates in the Historical Context
- Normative ethics & Non-normative ethics L&D GTE16&18
- Teleological ethics & deontological ethics L&D GTE3&21 CA
- Empirical ethics & intuitive ethics L&D GTE16&18
- Subjective ethics & objective ethics L&D
- Relative ethics & skeptical ethics L&D CA2
- Humanized ethics & theologized ethics L&D GTE6&7 CA1
- Moralized ethics & immoralized ethics L&D GTE14
- Rationalized ethics & emotionalized ethics L&D GTE9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20
- Marxian ethics & radical ethics L&D GTE19
- Western ethics & eastern ethics L&D
Part Two: Applied Ethics in the Contemporary World
- Justice for human rights L&D CA10, 13 &14
- Justice for economics L&D CA9
- Justice for medicine L&D CAl1, 12, 15 &16
- Justice for criminals L&D CA8
Conclusion
- Debates by the student representatives
- Final examination
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*L&D--Lecture & discussion
**GTE--Great Traditions in Ethics
***CA--Choice and Action
We hope you enjoy the course and get a lot out of it.