Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
PHIL 361 - METAETHICS
Long Title: METAETHICS
Department: Philosophy
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: Metaethics studies higher-order questions about morality. Its questions include: What reasons do we have to do the right thing? What do claims about rightness and goodness mean? Can those claims be true or false? Are there objective moral truths, and if so, how can we know them? Previously offered as PHIL 338. Mutually exclusive with PHIL 338, credit cannot be earned for both classes. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for PHIL 361 if student has credit for PHIL 338.