ETHICS- COURSE OUTLINE Main References: Glenn, Paaul J. Ethics.
London: Herder Book Co. 1959 Cruz, Corazon I. Leovigildo O.
Militante and Jonas G. Zita. Comtemporary Ethics
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV.
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Ethics: etymology and Definition Foundation and Importance of
Ethics Difference between Ethical Principles and Moral Standards
Postulates of Ethics Distinction between human Act and Act of Man
Characteristic of Human Act: Knowledge, Freedom, Voluntariness
Modifiers of the Human Act: Ignorance, Concupiscence, Fear,
Violence, Habit Ignorance: Definition; Kinds; Negative, Private,
Positive, vincible, Invincible, Affected Ends of Human Act
(Definition); End of the Act; End of the Agent: Determinants of
Morality: Object, End; Circumstance Definition and Kinds of Duty
Exemption from Duty: Principles of Exemption Definition and Kinds
of Rights; Determination of Priorities Cardinal Virtues The New
Idea; Robert O. Johann
TERM PAPER: TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITTEN OR TYPED FORM: 1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Grounds of Ethic according to the a. Greek b. Plato
c. Aristotle d. early Christians e. St. Thomas Aquinas. In the
context of the foundation and nature of God s law, how does
traditional ethic differ from modern ethics? What types of moral
orientation developed from this distinction? What are the main
ideas of each of the following proponents off modern ethics: a.
Alasdair MacIntyre b. David Hume c. Nietzche d. Robert O. Johann
What is Emotivism? How do C.L. Stevenson and James Hitchcock
explain it? What is the failure of emotivism. What is
consequentialism? Explain/ Define the following varieties of the
terms: a. Utilitarianism b. Hedonistic c. Endaemonic c. Aesthetic
d. Altruistic How does the following term difine morality: a.
deotology b. Virtue c. Ethic d. Aretaic Ethics d. Categorical
Imperative Explain the difference between the ethical orientation
of Aristotle and Emmanuel Kant.
CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY - COURSE OUTLINE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Etymology and Definition of Philosophy Branches of Philosophy
Difference between Science and Philosophy Foundation of Philosophy
a. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotlle d. Francis Bacon Difference
between Oriental and Western Philosophy Orriental Philosophies:
Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism Western Philosophers :
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Schelling George Wilhelm Hegel,
Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzche: The Modern Philosophers a.
Rationalism: Rene Descartes, Gottfried Leibnitz, Benedict Spinoza
b. Empiricism: John Locke, George Berkeley c. Pragmatism: Charles
S. Pierce, William James, John Dewey The German Philosophers:
Emmanuel Kant, Johann Schopenhauer The Utilitarians: John stuart
Mill, Jeremy Benthaam The Political thinkers: Nicolo Machiavelli,
Jean Jacques Rousseu, Tomas Hobbes, Benedect Spinoza, John Locke,
Charles Louise Montesquieu The Existentialists: Soren Kierkegaard,
Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus Twentieth Century Philosophers: A.
Logic and Mathematics: Gottlieb Frege B. Analytic Philosophy:
Pacitism: Bertrand russel C. Linguistic Philosophy: Ludwig
Wittgentein D. Vitalism/Voluntarism; Henri Bergson E.
Structuralism: Mauriced-Merleau Pontry F. Phisophy and Science:
Albert Eistein Glossary of Philosophical Terms: Solipsism, Monism,
Dualism, Materialism, Realism,Pantheism, Posivitism, Nihilism,
skepticism,Agnosticism, Atheism, Pessimism, Optimism, Altruism,
Hedonism, Stoism, Narcisim.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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TERM PAPER: READ AND SUMMARIZE A Biography , a novel, short
story and a poem and comment on the philosophical underpinning of
each.
