"Introduction to Ethics: Moral Problems and the Good Life" is a Course materials drawn from MIT Open Learning and catalogued under Philosophy & Ethics for Undergraduate / College. From the source: This course has two goals. The first goal is to introduce you to key questions in ethics. • What makes your life go better or worse for you? • Can ethics be objective? • What… Slide Collection preserves the upstream link, the original creator credit and the licensing terms; download the file to use it in a classroom, study group or revision plan.
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This course has two goals. The first goal is to introduce you to key questions in ethics. • What makes your life go better or worse for you? • Can ethics be objective? • What are the main historical approaches in ethics? • What do you owe to others The second goal is to get you thinking rigorously about ethical questions yourself. This will help you develop your critical reasoning and argumentative skills more generally.
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