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PHIL 222Contemporary Ethical Theory

Faculty
Arts
Offered
Winter
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1981–82

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1975–76 to 1981–82 (before that, 1969–70 to 1974–75 used the number for Ethics 2); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

Continues the history and discussion of ethics begun in Phil221 with writings from 1900 to the present. Theories such as intuitionism, emotivism, utilitarianism, and relativism are examined via the writings of such people as Moore, Hare and Warnock. Phil 221 recommended

As printed in the 1975–76 to 1981–82 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

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    In the scanned calendars

    How it read in each calendar from 1969–70 to 1981–82, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

    1975–76 to 1981–82 7 calendars

    Continues the history and discussion of ethics begun in Phil221 with writings from 1900 to the present. Theories such as intuitionism, emotivism, utilitarianism, and relativism are examined via the writings of such people as Moore, Hare and Warnock.

    Phil 221 recommended

    Offered Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

    1969–70 to 1974–75 5 calendars

    Another title: Ethics 2, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

    Contemporary theories will be explored, and recent philosophical methods applied in the discussion of the principal problems of ethical theory. Prerequisite: Philosophy 221* or consent of instructor. 3 hours.