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1240 Social Sciences and Humanities
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-0607
Fax: (530) 752-8964
W. D. Ross
Recent News
- The title and course description for this course have changed since previous offerings.
This list shows which material has been covered in each class period.
| Month | Day | Topic | |
| April | 1 | General Introduction, to Morality as Compared with Other Normative Subjects |
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| 3 | General Introduction, to conclusion, A Defense of Ethical Relativism through Section 1 | ||
| 8 | A Defense of Ethical Relativism, to conclusion, A Defense of Ethical Objectivism to mid-Section 4. | ||
| 8 | A Defense of Ethical Relativism, to conclusion, A Defense of Ethical Objectivism through | ||
| 8 | A Defense of Ethical Relativism, to conclusion, A Defense of Ethical Objectivism to mid-Section 4. | ||
| 10 | A Defense of Ethical Objectivism, to conclusion | ||
| 8 | A Defense of Ethical Relativism, to conclusion, A Defense of Ethical Objectivism to mid-Section 4. | ||
| 15 | A Defense of Ethical Egoism, A Critique of Ethical Egoism, through Three Arguments in Favor of Ethical Egoism |
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| 17 | A Critique of Ethical Relativism, to conclusion, Sociobiology, Egoism, and Reciprocity, through Section 1. | ||
| 22 | Sociobiology, Egoism, and Reciprocity, to conclusion. | ||
| 24 | Hume on Moral Distinctions | ||
| 29 | Beyond Good and Evil | ||
| May | 1 | Classical Hedonism | |
| 6 | Value Pluralism | ||
| 8 | Utilitarianism | ||
| 13 | Rule Utilitarianism | ||
| 15 | Conclusion of Rule Utilitarianism, Critique of Utilitarianism through first section | ||
| 20 | Conclusion of Critique of Utilitarianism, Foundations of Ethics through Preface | ||
| 22 | Foundations of Ethics through example 1 of First Formulation of the Categorical Imperative |
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| 27 | Conclusion of Foundations of Ethics, What Makes Right Acts Right, through prima facie duties | ||
| June | 3 | Conclusion of Value Pluralism, Virtue Ethics through II. Characteristics of the Good | |
| 29 | Conclusion of Virtue Ethics, Critique of Virtue-Based Ethics |