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Practical Ethics
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Course details
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?
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
- Peter Singer - University Center for Human Values
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