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1、IntroductiontoPhilosophyandValuesSanDiegoStateUniversityPhilosophy101/Dr.NeunerFallSemester2012INSTRUCTORDr.Peñafuerte-Neuner,preferDr.Neuner(noy-ner)OFFICEHOURSTuesdaysandThursdays12:30pm-1:30noonLECTURETuesdaysandThursdays2:00-3:15inWC220OFFICEArtsandLetters444EMAILaneuner@att.netoraneun
2、er1@mail.sdsu.eduCOURSEDESCRIPTIONInthisethicscourse,weshallexploreawidevarietyofclassicalethicaltheoriesandlearnhowphilosophersbothpastandpresenthaveapproachedfundamentalethicalquestions.Inaddition,weshallapplytheethicaltheoriesandvalidmoralprincipleswehavelearnedtoanalyzecurrentmoralprob
3、lemsinoursociety.Specificgoalsofthiscourseinclude:·TopresentcentralmoraltheoriesandmostinfluentialideasinWesternphilosophy:divinelawtheory,hedonism,ethicalegoism,utilitarianism,deontologism,virtueethics,feministethics,andexistentialism·Tointroducestudentstooriginalwritingsofclassicalandpre
4、sentdayphilosophers:Plato,Aristotle,Hobbes,Augustine,Mill,Kant,Nietzsche,Sartre,Beauvoir,etc.·Tocompareandcontrastopposingphilosophicalpointsofviewsandunderstandthesimilaritiesanddifferencesinlightofculturalandhistoricalfactors·Tobroadenstudents’perspectivesandhelpthemappreciatewell-struct
5、uredargumentsandsignificantconceptualdistinctions·Toteachstudentstoapplyethicaltheoriestocontroversialmoralissuesandpracticalsituationssuchgeneticcloning,abortion,euthanasia,etc.·Totrainstudentstocriticizethereasoningofothersandtodevelopsomeanalyticandlogicalskills·Tochallengestudentstothi
6、nkaboutwhatkindoflifetolive,whatkindofpersontobe,andwhatthingsareworthlivingordyingforREQUIREDTEXTPhilosophicalarticlesuploadedintoBlackboardintheReadingsFolderTheVoyageofDiscovery,byWilliamLawhead,3rded.2007,Thomson/Wadsworth(copyinLibrary)COURSESCHEDULEDateTopics/ReadingsWeek1Introductio
7、ntoClassAug28,30TheAncientPeriod:Pre-Socratics,SophistsandSocratesTheGreekCulturalContext:FromPoetrytoPhilosophyThales,Anaximenes,Pythagoras,Heraclitus,Empedocles,DemocritusReadChapters1,2&3:pp.15-22,24-28,30-32,37-38,39-42,and43-58BlackboardexcerptsfromPlato’
