PHIL 3A - Ethics

    Recent Professors
    Jesus Ramirez, Ryan Scherbart
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023
    Class Size
    30–35 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 examines the central theories and perennial issues in ethics. The ethical systems of Aristotle, Kant, and the utilitarians will be investigated. These systems will be applied to contemporary moral problems. Questions about objective morality, the ideal society, social justice, and moral agency will be pursued. (C-ID: PHIL 120) ADVISORY: Eligible for English 1A.