Moral Philosophy

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(PH) A detailed investigation of major philosophical theories in ethics and metaethics, rooted in a close study of primary texts. Topics will include consequentialist, Kantian, and virtue-based theories of ethics, as well as metaethical topics such as the debates between moral objectivism and skepticism. Readings will draw from authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Bentham, Kant, Mill, and Hume.