PHIL 36 Metaethics

This course explores foundational questions about ethics.   For instance: What, if anything, makes an ethical judgment correct? Are ethical facts created or discovered? Can ethical judgments ever be objectively true, or are they only true "from a point of view?" How are ethical judgments related to natural science and the picture of the world it offers us? How can we come to justified beliefs about ethics?

Prerequisite

One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.

Degree Requirement Attributes

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