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PHL 205 Contemporary Moral Issues

PHL 205 Contemporary Moral Issues. Course topics ripped from today’s headlines! Applied Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Public Policy Personal, social, political. Classroom Mechanics. TV cameras – get over yourself!

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PHL 205 Contemporary Moral Issues

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  1. PHL 205Contemporary Moral Issues • Course topics ripped from today’s headlines! • Applied Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Public Policy • Personal, social, political

  2. Classroom Mechanics • TV cameras – get over yourself! • YouTube video available in the evening or the morning following each class • Speak up! • Don’t filibuster • Be civil • 10 minute break after about 50 minutes

  3. Four Sections • Studio Classroom • Honors • Cottage Grove • Cable Television/Online Video

  4. Class Requirements • 4 exams, each worth 20% (multiple choice, T/F, taken in Testing Lab in CEN456) = 80% • Studio Classroom: 20% participation • Cottage Grove: 20% participation • Honors: 15% paper/presentation, 5% class summaries = 20% • Cable Television/Online Video: 20% online forum posts, 2 per week

  5. First Week Tasks • Login to Moodle by Thursday night or you may be dropped Friday! • Syllabus in Moodle – read it! • Honors student: Post class summaries Wed & Fri • Online Students: 2 Posts due by Sunday night • Check Moodle Wednesday for Blog link

  6. Making Moral Arguments • Three types of premises • Fundamental moral principles • Empirical principles • Legal principles

  7. Moral Relativism • For the purposes of the class, we are assuming moral absolutism or universalism • If you’re interested in metaethics, take PHL 201 Ethics • No previous knowledge of ethics required

  8. Moral Relativism • Violates general principle that truth is that which corresponds with reality • No one consistently believes or follows it • Obvious immoral individuals/corrupt customs or cultures

  9. Moral Relativism • Majority/status quo always right • Absurd morality of polls • Social protest by the minority always wrong • Moral progress is impossible • No non-arbitrary way to draw cultural lines

  10. Making Moral Arguments • Avoid logical fallacies • Ad hominem • Tu quoque • Ad populum • Straw man • Red herring • Lack of proportion

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