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Is abortion wrong? Should we eat animals? What is our responsibility to the world’s poor? This course will encourage you to examine your ethical beliefs on topics relevant to the ancient question posed by Socrates: “How am I to live?”
Syllabus
Week 1
Objectivity in ethics
The role of reasoning in ethics
Week 2
The main ethical theories
Week 3
Brain death and persistent vegetative state
Abortion
Week 4
Abortion
Drawing distinctions in the end of life decisions
Week 5
Life and death decisions for infants
Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
Week 6
Altruism
Week 7
Altruism
Week 8
Altruism
Climate change
Week 9
Climate change
Animals
Week 10
Animals
Week 11
Environmental values
Week 12
Why should we act ethically?
Instructors
- Peter Singer - University Center for Human Values
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