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2011-2012 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PHL 312 - Metaethics

3 credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor
An examination of moral philosophy in the twentieth century and its focus on the analysis of ethical language and concepts. Among the central questions examined are whether it is possible to define “good, ” whether good is a property of things (independent of social conventions and subjective feelings), and whether the ascription of good to something is simply an expression of a attitude towards that thing. Philosophers studied will include G.E. Moore, A.J. Ayer, and R.M. Hare.