Course curriculum

  • 1

    Day 1. Acts and Their Consequences: a Look at Two Different Approaches to Normative Ethics

    • Introduction: what is normative ethics?

    • Consequentialist theories

    • Deontological theories
  • 2

    Day 2. Taking Others Into Account: the Limits of Moral Common Sense

    • The importance of beneficence: Singer's Pond illustration

    • Aggregating benefits and harms
  • 3

    Day 3. Discussion Prep

    • Points to ponder