printer friendly pageETHICSOC 20: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (PHIL 2)
In this course we will examine the main theories in the Western tradition that purport to explain what sorts of behavior are right and wrong, and why, as well as certain kinds of skepticism about morality. We will consider, among other things, whether or not there are moral truths, and if so whether those truths are absolute or relative, objective or subjective, and where such truths come from -- be it divine commands, our own agency, the need to live in society with others, simple brute facts, etc.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Madigan, T. (PI)
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Dowling, G. (TA)
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Erhardt, R. (TA)
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Instructors:
Madigan, T. (PI)
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Dowling, G. (TA)
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Erhardt, R. (TA)
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Luo, A. (TA)
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McGuthry, M. (TA)
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Van Steertegem, C. (TA)
ETHICSOC 128Q: Is Privacy Dead? Privacy, Surveillance, and Freedom in the Digital Age (POLISCI 28Q)
Suppose that someone is listening to your phone calls and reading your emails, but you never find out and your life is never affected. What reason do you have to complain? Does it make a difference if it's a neighbor, a lover, the state, or an algorithm listening in? What if you are the one posting the information on Facebook? Do we have a right not to be tracked, photographed, or surveilled in public? In this seminar, students will examine these questions and many more having to do with the value of privacy in the digital age. They will have the opportunity to develop their own answers by drawing on a field of theories about privacy, anonymity, and surveillance, and they can expect to leave the seminar with a better view of the ethical and political problems facing their own era of technological change. This seminar will serve as an introduction to the wide range of ethical and political questions concerning privacy and technology, as well as an introduction to the practice of philoso
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Suppose that someone is listening to your phone calls and reading your emails, but you never find out and your life is never affected. What reason do you have to complain? Does it make a difference if it's a neighbor, a lover, the state, or an algorithm listening in? What if you are the one posting the information on Facebook? Do we have a right not to be tracked, photographed, or surveilled in public? In this seminar, students will examine these questions and many more having to do with the value of privacy in the digital age. They will have the opportunity to develop their own answers by drawing on a field of theories about privacy, anonymity, and surveillance, and they can expect to leave the seminar with a better view of the ethical and political problems facing their own era of technological change. This seminar will serve as an introduction to the wide range of ethical and political questions concerning privacy and technology, as well as an introduction to the practice of philosophy. We will take an interdisciplinary approach to questions of privacy, surveillance, and freedom in the digital age, with readings drawn from moral and political philosophy, political science, sociology, law, media studies, and the arts. Assessing what others have said and thought about privacy (writ large) will be important in developing our own views. Just as important, however, we will refract these arguments and observations through our own experiences with concealment and exposure, letting the theory inform our lives and vice versa. This is what I mean when I say this seminar will offer an introduction to the practice of philosophy. Students can expect to see improvement in their skills of critical reasoning and argumentative writing, and to leave the seminar with a sharpened faculty of critical and moral vision.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Pressly, L. (PI)
ETHICSOC 171: Justice (PHIL 171, POLISCI 103, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C)
Justice, as we use the term in this class, is a question about social cooperation. People can produce much more cooperatively than the sum of what they could produce as individuals, and these gains from cooperation are what makes civilization possible. But on what terms should we cooperate? How should we divide, as the philosopher John Rawls puts it, "the benefits and burdens of social cooperation"? Working primarily within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition, we'll discuss different answers to this big question as a way to bring together some of the most prominent debates in modern political philosophy. We'll study theories including utilitarianism, libertarianism, classical liberalism, and egalitarian liberalism, and we'll take on complex current issues like reparations for racial injustice, the gender pay gap, and responses to climate change. This class is meant to be an accessible entry point to political philosophy. No experience with political science or philosophy is required or assumed, and we will spend time on the strategy of philosophy as well: understanding how our authors make their arguments to better respond to them and make our own.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER, GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
Instructors:
Coyne, B. (PI)
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Amaral, J. (TA)
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Biondo, A. (TA)
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Instructors:
Coyne, B. (PI)
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Amaral, J. (TA)
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Biondo, A. (TA)
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Owen, M. (TA)
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Stowell, C. (TA)
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Tang, A. (TA)
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Wu, Q. (TA)
ETHICSOC 200A: Ethics in Society Honors Thesis
Limited to Ethics in Society (EiS) honors students. EiS honors students must enroll in 200A in the fall quarter, 200B in the winter quarter, and 200C in the spring quarter of their senior year. Students enrolling in 200A for less than 3 units must get approval from the faculty director.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-5
ETHICSOC 204: Introduction to Philosophy of Education (EDUC 204)
How to think philosophically about educational problems. Recent influential scholarship in philosophy of education. No previous study in philosophy required.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Cox, G. (PI)
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