Discussion

Topic/Quiz 1- Introduction to Philosophical Ethics

Philosophical Ethics Moves Beyond Descriptive and Normative Ethics

· Chapter 1 (MacKinnon,  Online Textbook ) read pages 1-5

"Ethics" without Philosophy

· Authority: Right/Wrong Determined by Whatever Authority Decides  

· Milgram Experiment Video

· Subjectivism (Individual Relativism): Right/Wrong Determined by Whatever I Decide

· See  Boss Moral Theory  (below), pp. 4-6

· Group Think (Social/Cultural Relativism): Right/Wrong Determined by Whatever They Decide

· See  Boss Moral Theory  (below), pp. 6-7

Ethics with Philosophy (Moral Philosophy) 

· Intro to Philosophy (Ethics as a Field of Philosophy) by Solomon and Higgins

· Moral Theory by Judith Boss (read all pages)

· Universal Moral Truths (UMTs) by Joseph Ellin

· Objectivism v. Relativism.docx