Part 1A Introduction to Normative Ethics


This is the web page for the Philosophy Part 1A course Introduction to Normative Ethics given by Richard Holton at the University of Cambridge, Michaelmas term 2019. This page provides links to papers and other texts that may be useful and to pdf versions of the handouts. If you have suggestions or comments, please let me know by emailing me at rjh221@cam.ac.uk

The course will cover the syllabus materials on Morality and the Self and Forms of Consequentialism, and more broadly will provide some introduction to other normative approaches, and to other topics in moral psychology.

Lectures


Introduction: Some Puzzles and Some Considerations

(16 October) Handout

Primary


Egoism: Philosophical and Empirical Issues

(23 October) Handout

Primary


Our Moral Natures 1

(30 October) Handout

Primary

Secondary


Our Moral Natures 2

(6 November) Handout

Primary

Secondary


Consequentialism

(13 November) Handout

Primary

Secondary


Deontology

(20 November) Handout

Primary

Secondary


Virtue Theory and Particularism

(27 November) Handout

Primary

Secondary


Pulling Some Themes Together: Intention, Double Effect, Moral Rules

(4 December) Handout

Primary

Secondary