2026-2027 Catalog

PHIL 374 Ethics and Intuitions

This course examines the use of intuitions in moral philosophy. It assesses the merits and demerits of the practice by first surveying the history of the practice. The course then turns to influential criticisms of the reliability of moral intuitions that draw greatly from work in social science. It concludes by investigating some recent attempts to respond to these criticisms.

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

N/A

Prerequisite

none

Corequisite

N/A

Offered

Fall

Instructor

Chetan Cetty

Attributes

HUM, V (Class of 2016-2028); SSA, HAH (Class of 2029 onwards)