2014-2-PHI110-01
Studying 2014/2 PHI110: Philosophy, Morality and Society. Week 1.
Introduction: What is Moral Philosophy?
Welcome
Lectures
Notes
- Week 1: Lecture 1: Introduction: What is Moral Philosophy? (original)
- Week 1: Lecture 1: Continued (original)
Readings
- Blackburn, Simon. "Introduction" in Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics, Blackburn, Simon, 2001, 1-8 (original)
Questions
Activities
- Self Test Quiz for Week 1: What is Moral Philosophy?
- Discussion forum for Week 1: What is Moral Philosophy?
Work
TODO
Things to do, most important on top:
- Listen to the Lectures
- Read the Lecture notes
- Read the Questions
- Read the Readings
- Answer the Questions
- Do the Activities
Done
Things that are done, most recent on top:
- Read the Welcome material including the Essay guide
- Read the Unit guide
Vocabulary
- ethos
- the disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement.
- mores
- refers to norms that are more widely observed and have greater moral significance than others.
- comport
- to behave in a manner conformable to what is right, proper, or expected.
- injurious
- causing or tending to cause injury; harmful.
- austere
- severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave.
- eudaimonia
- human flourishing; happiness; welfare.
- epistemological
- pertaining to epistemology, a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
- metaphysical
- based on speculative or abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; abstruse.
- abstruse
- difficult to understand; recondite.
- recondite
- not easily understood; abstruse.