PHIL 240 - Introduction to Ethics

    Recent Professors
    tee S. Haddow, David A. Eck
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    10–25 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course is an introduction to major ethical problems and theories. The course examines topics such as human nature, conflicting views of moral goodness, and the relationship between religion and morality, with an emphasis on better understanding sources of moral disagreement. The ethical theories reviewed in the course include deontology, consequentialism, virtue ethics, and the ethics of care. These ethical theories are applied to present-day issues. Potential issues discussed in the course include environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, animal rights, the ethics of eating, the ethics of technology, and human enhancement.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:10am–12:25pm, Wed 11:10am–1:40pm, Wed 11:10am–12:25pm