2006 » Spring » Ethics

1. Arguments
2. Relativism
3. Relativism - Arguments for and Against
4. Subjectivism & Emotivism
5. Divine Command Theory
6. Psychological Egoism - Uncovering Motives - see also Blizek's review of this topic. I wasn't here this day, and so my notes here are a sort of muddled interpretation of another peoples' notes. Blizek's review email was much clearer.
7. Psychological Egoism - Arguments
8. Ethical Egoism
9. Utilitarianism - also see the study sheet I made up for this, which gets rid of some of the organization problems in the notes. (I especially recommend reading the text this time, as there was a lot of material in there.)
10. Consistency and Kant's Imperatives. The "Consistency" chart effectively says that Kant rejected situational relativism; what was right in one situation was right in every situation, and what was wrong in one situation was wrong in every situation. I again recommend reading the text as these notes are sketchy at best.
11. Kant's Punishment. Read the text for sure, but the gist of Kant's theories are here - not treating people as objects, and how that means we can only punish for purposes of retribution.