PHI104

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the philosophical study of morality, including the theory of right and wrong behaviours, the theory of value (goodness and badness), and the theory of virtue and vice. Normative ethics offers answers to the question: what is the good? The study of ethics shall help students apply their normative theories make real world, ethical decisions and give them the resources and tools to justify their ethical claims to others. The course will also poke the heads into two branches of ethics: meta-ethics and applied ethics. It emphasis on utilitarianism, rule-based ethics, deontology, relativism versus objectivism, and egoism.
  • The student will describe and distinguish key ethical concepts such as good, right, permissible, absolutism, obligation, virtue, duty, action, etc.
  • The student will identify the importance of emotional intelligence in life.
  • The student will distinguish and explain the basic ethical theories and approaches, including relativism, utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics.
  • The student will set up their meditation methods to control his/her emotion in life.
  • The student will identify and apply the main ethical or moral issues that arise in everyday life, including friendship, trust, love, fidelity, promises, dignity, honour, respect, tolerance, acceptance, etc.

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