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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHL 2030 - Contemporary Moral Problems

Credits: 4
The course consists of three logically distinct parts: (1) Meta-ethical questions such as: “In what sense is Ethics a science?” “Can moral judgments be true or false?” “Is morality objective or subjective?”; (2) ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Deontology, and Natural Law Theory, and (3) application of the ethical principles to several major problem areas in human life.  Area Requirement for Philosophy:  Ethics
Prerequisite(s): PHL 1000  or PHL 1100  or PHL 1200  
Fulfills: E in LS Core