PHIL 237JEthics and Society
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1986–87
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1973–74 to 1986–87; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
This course examines the nature and purpose of community living as well as such traditionally controversial issues as private and public morality, the individual good and the common good, personal freedom and group responsibility. Offered in the evening.
As printed in the 1977–78 to 1986–87 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1973–74 to 1986–87, 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.
1977–78 to 1986–87 9 calendars
This course examines the nature and purpose of community living as well as such traditionally controversial issues as private and public morality, the individual good and the common good, personal freedom and group responsibility.
Offered in the evening.
Offered Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
- 1977–78 PDF p. 391
- 1978–79 PDF p. 381
- 1979–80* PDF p. 394
- 1980–81 PDF p. 417
- 1981–82 PDF p. 427
- 1983–84 PDF p. 390
- 1984–85* PDF p. 393
- 1985–86 PDF p. 402
- 1986–87* PDF p. 409
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1976–77 1 calendar
This course examines the nature and purpose of community living-as well as such traditionally controversial issues as private and public morality, the individual good and the common good, personal freedom and group responsibility. Topics for discussion may include: the government's role in issues of life and death; the moral function of law; civil disobedience; and scientific, technological, and medical innovations. Winter term, 3 hours
1973–74 to 1975–76 3 calendars
How does one achieve the good society? How can the results of ethical conclusions be applied to the laws of society? The course will concentrate on the various main alternatives open to someone interested in acting rationally with respect to his particular social situation, with an emphasis upon modern influences such as science. No prerequisite 3 hours Fall term, A. Dobos