PHIL 105 - Introduction to Ethics

    Recent Professors
    E. Eck, D. Smith, T. Edwards
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    40 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 introduces the students to basic ethical writings from the ancients to the present. Studies include free will and determinism, good and evil, the concepts of right and wrong, relativism, and moral obligations to others. Contemporary moral issues will also be covered. Some of the philosophers studied are Plato, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sartre, Peter Singer, and James Rachels.