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Virtue Ethics

Course Number: PHIL 356
Title: Virtue Ethics
Day & Time: TR 10:30AM 11:45AM
Instructor: Clark J
Credit: 1.00
Course Description: Virtue ethics emphasizes the goodness or badness of those who act, rather than the rightness or wrongness of particular actions. The virtues are often taken to contribute to individual happiness, or the ability to construct a meaningful life. We will examine virtue ethics as a theory (and as alternative to consequentialism and deontology). We begin with a survey of ancient versions, before exploring new developments and various applications of virtue ethics to contemporary moral problems (abortion, the treatment of non-human animals, climate change, human over-consumption, and technology).
Comments: Open to Srs, Jrs, and Sophomores.

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