Course Catalog
PhilosophyIntermediatePHI 201
Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Normative theory, applied ethics, and the good society
5 modules
25 lessons
~17h
4 credit hours
Taught by Selin Philosophy AI
What you'll learn
Compare and apply the major normative ethical theories
Analyze metaethical questions: moral realism, relativism, and non-cognitivism
Apply ethical frameworks to bioethics, business, technology, and justice
Evaluate Rawls's theory of justice and critiques by Nozick and others
Write a rigorous applied ethics paper on a contemporary moral problem
Prerequisites
Course Curriculum
25 lessons totalBioethics: Autonomy, Beneficence & End-of-Life
Ed Plus25m
Technology Ethics: AI, Privacy & Manipulation
Ed Plus25m
Business Ethics & Corporate Responsibility
Ed Plus20m
Environmental Ethics & Our Duties to Nature
Ed Plus20m
Module 3 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
The Social Contract Tradition: Hobbes, Locke & Rousseau
Ed Plus30m
Rawls's Theory of Justice
Ed Plus30m
Libertarianism: Nozick & the Minimal State
Ed Plus25m
Communitarianism & the Critique of Liberalism
Ed Plus20m
Module 4 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Global Justice & Obligations to the Poor
Ed Plus25m
Animal Rights & Moral Consideration
Ed Plus20m
The Ethics of Punishment & Mass Incarceration
Ed Plus20m
Moral Progress: Does It Exist?
Ed Plus20m
Module 5 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Ed Plus
First 2 modules free
Modules5
Lessons25
Estimated time~17h
Credit hours4