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Introduction to Ethics

Virtue, deontology, consequentialism, contractarianism, care ethics, and AI moral patiency. Ten weeks.

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Dr. Anjali Krishnan

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About this course

A first course in normative ethics. We read short, dense primary sources across six positions and stress-test each against six contemporary problems: autonomy in medicine, criminal punishment, climate obligations, AI moral patiency, distributive justice, and intergenerational debt. Two short essays, one long final paper, proctored oral viva.

Skills you'll gain

philosophyethicsliberal-artsreading-heavy

Prerequisites

· Reading comfort with abstract argument
· Willingness to be wrong in writing

What you'll learn

Distinguish the major positions in normative ethics and the arguments each rests on

Apply a position consistently to a contemporary moral problem

Read primary philosophical sources and reconstruct an argument

Write a 2,500-word philosophical essay with a defended thesis

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About the instructor

Dr. Anjali Krishnan

Faculty, School of Liberal Arts

Senior instructor at AquinTutor with deep practice in liberal-arts. Each lesson is reviewed by domain experts before publication.

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