PHIL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Relativism, Deontological Ethics, Hypothetical Imperative
Study Guide Phil 101 Exam 1
Assigned Readings:
Morality and Moral Philosophy William K Frankena
How Not to Answer Moral Questions Tom Regan
God and Morality Steven M. Cahn
The Challenge of Cultural Relativism James Rachels
Egoism and Moral Skepticism James Rachels
The Nature of Ethical Disagreement Charles L. Stevenson
The Ring of Gyges (online) Plato
The Categorical Imperative Immanuel Kant
A Simplified Account of Kant’s Ethics Onora O’Neil
+ All Online Required
Content Weeks 1-5
+ Lecture Notes
General Stuff to Focus On
Philosophy
Philosophical (Socratic) Method
4 Branches Philosophy
Moral Philosophy (Ethics)
Who was Socrates?
Who was Plato?
Components of an argument
Deductive v. Inductive arguments
Descriptive claims
Normative claims
Metaethics
4 Ways NOT to Answer Moral Qs
Moral Authority
6 Problems Morality + Religion (online lecture)
Cahn’s view of morality + religion
Divine Command Theory
Euthyphro Dilemma
Problem of arbitrariness
Problem of independence
Cultural Relativism
Objective ethics
