Summer Online

Introduction to Ethics

PHIL130--Four Quarter Hours

Dr. H. Gene Blocker
Haning Hall
Ohio University--Athens Campus
blocker@ohio.edu

Please refer to the complete final course syllabus available on the course Website once the course begins.

Course
Description

Discussion of classic and/or modern philosophical views of human values, ideals, and morality. Provides introductory survey of some main problems, concepts, and results of ethics including selected philosophers of past and present.

Prerequisites

None

Methods of Course Instruction

Blackboard course content, discussion boards, email submissions.

Course Objectives

Examination of the major issues and theories in moral philosophy

General Course Requirements

Ten weekly writing assignments; a midterm and a final exam

Materials

Required

Text
Gene Blocker, Introduction to Ethics, an ebook free to students

Additional or Optional Materials
Readings from free online classical philosophy texts (e.g., Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics,
Mill’s Utilitarianism)


Alternative source where materials can be obtained
Prof. Blocker will supply the etextbook by email attachment; other readings are free online.

Exams
Requirements

2 exams (one midterm and one final exam) - No proctoring required

How are exams to be taken: online, open book with notes allowed.

Dates of Exams
Midterm,5th week of the quarter
Final, finals week

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