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one-way Exclusions
- Lectures
Readings will be compiled in a course reader, which can be purchased at the campus bookstore. No readings will be distributed electronically.
Instructor: Kerah Gordon-Solmon
Here are some innocuous claims. Some states of affairs are better than others. We have moral reason to help bring about better states of affairs (i.e., those with less human suffering), which will sometimes be decisive. But we also have some license to favour our own interests, even at the expense of what is impersonally best. Third, we are subject to moral constraints, which limit what we can do in pursuit of our own, or others’, good.
This course will enquire into these three aspects of our moral lives, including how to navigate conflicts among them. The first unit will introduce each through a series of canonical texts (or excerpts). The second will delve into the inner workings of constraint-based morality. The third will shift our focus away from which acts are forbidden, permitted, or required to what gives an act moral worth, and matters of blame and praise.
Assessments
Assessments
Attendance and participation are worth 50% of your course grade; they are essential academic requirements for this course. Other assessments include a group oral midterm and an essay oral defense.
AI/Technology Policy:
Use of electronic devices in class is: Forbidden (except as QSAS-mandated disability accommodation)
Use of AI (generative, agential, etc.) for work for this course is: Forbidden
Course technology policy statement:
Electronic devices are prohibited in the classroom (except as QSAS-mandated disability accommodation).
Use of AI (generative, agential, etc.; in writing, editing or brainstorming your essays, completing make-up assignments, etc.) is strictly forbidden in this course.