Past Courses
As Instructor of Record:
Fall 2015
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Ethics, the study of what we owe to others, is one of the most fundamental areas of inquiry in human life. All of us reason ethically often throughout our lives, both with and without realising it. This class will examine the three major aspects of ethical theory: metaethics, the study of ethical reasoning itself, normative ethics, the study of how we ought to reason ethically or do ethically and applied ethics, the application of normative ethical theory to substantive issues. Students taking this course will learn the fundamentals of the three major areas of ethical theory, as well as how to apply theoretical tools to issues in their daily lives.
The course webpage is available here. You can download a copy of the syllabus with hyperlinks here. A printer friendly version is available here.
Spring 2015
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Ethics, the study of what we owe to others, is one of the most fundamental areas of inquiry in human life. All of us reason ethically often throughout our lives, both with and without realising it. This class will examine the three major aspects of ethical theory: metaethics, the study of ethical reasoning itself, normative ethics, the study of how we ought to reason ethically or do ethically and applied ethics, the application of normative ethical theory to substantive issues. Students taking this course will learn the fundamentals of the three major areas of ethical theory, as well as how to apply theoretical tools to issues in their daily lives.
The course webpage is available here. You can download a copy of the syllabus here.
Fall 2014
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Ethics, the study of what we owe to others, is one of the most fundamental areas of inquiry in human life. All of us reason ethically often throughout our lives, both with and without realising it. This class will examine the three major aspects of ethical theory: metaethics, the study of ethical reasoning itself, normative ethics, the study of how we ought to reason ethically or do ethically and applied ethics, the application of normative ethical theory to substantive issues. Students taking this course will learn the fundamentals of the three major areas of ethical theory, as well as how to apply theoretical tools to issues in their daily lives. The major assessment is a short (5 page) course paper which teaches students to write concise, opinionated analytical essays.
The course webpage is available here. You can download a copy of the syllabus here.
As Teaching Assistant:
Spring 2014
PHIL 1102: Philosophy and Logic
Instructor of Record: Dave Ripley ; 80 students
A completely formal introduction to philosophy and logic. Includes propositional and first-order classical, FDE and K3, with trees as the primary proof technique.
Fall 2012, Spring 2013
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Instructor of Record: Paul Bloomfield ; 80-90 students
An introduction to ethics course including modules on living the "good life", justice (incl. Rawls), abortion, affirmative action and love.
NOTE: All courses taught at the University of Connecticut's primary (Storrs) campus.
Fall 2015
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Ethics, the study of what we owe to others, is one of the most fundamental areas of inquiry in human life. All of us reason ethically often throughout our lives, both with and without realising it. This class will examine the three major aspects of ethical theory: metaethics, the study of ethical reasoning itself, normative ethics, the study of how we ought to reason ethically or do ethically and applied ethics, the application of normative ethical theory to substantive issues. Students taking this course will learn the fundamentals of the three major areas of ethical theory, as well as how to apply theoretical tools to issues in their daily lives.
The course webpage is available here. You can download a copy of the syllabus with hyperlinks here. A printer friendly version is available here.
Spring 2015
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Ethics, the study of what we owe to others, is one of the most fundamental areas of inquiry in human life. All of us reason ethically often throughout our lives, both with and without realising it. This class will examine the three major aspects of ethical theory: metaethics, the study of ethical reasoning itself, normative ethics, the study of how we ought to reason ethically or do ethically and applied ethics, the application of normative ethical theory to substantive issues. Students taking this course will learn the fundamentals of the three major areas of ethical theory, as well as how to apply theoretical tools to issues in their daily lives.
The course webpage is available here. You can download a copy of the syllabus here.
Fall 2014
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Ethics, the study of what we owe to others, is one of the most fundamental areas of inquiry in human life. All of us reason ethically often throughout our lives, both with and without realising it. This class will examine the three major aspects of ethical theory: metaethics, the study of ethical reasoning itself, normative ethics, the study of how we ought to reason ethically or do ethically and applied ethics, the application of normative ethical theory to substantive issues. Students taking this course will learn the fundamentals of the three major areas of ethical theory, as well as how to apply theoretical tools to issues in their daily lives. The major assessment is a short (5 page) course paper which teaches students to write concise, opinionated analytical essays.
The course webpage is available here. You can download a copy of the syllabus here.
As Teaching Assistant:
Spring 2014
PHIL 1102: Philosophy and Logic
Instructor of Record: Dave Ripley ; 80 students
A completely formal introduction to philosophy and logic. Includes propositional and first-order classical, FDE and K3, with trees as the primary proof technique.
Fall 2012, Spring 2013
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics
Instructor of Record: Paul Bloomfield ; 80-90 students
An introduction to ethics course including modules on living the "good life", justice (incl. Rawls), abortion, affirmative action and love.
NOTE: All courses taught at the University of Connecticut's primary (Storrs) campus.
