Ethics
24.231 · Linguistics and Philosophy · Undergraduate · Fall 2009
Prof. Julia Markovits
This will be a seminar on classic and contemporary work on central topics in ethics. The first third of the course will focus on <strong>metaethics</strong>: we will examine the meaning of moral claims and ask whether there is any sense in which moral principles are objectively valid. The second third of the course will focus on <strong>normative ethics</strong>: what makes our lives worth living, what makes our actions right or wrong, and what do we owe to others? The final third of the course…
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