Course title
現代倫理論   [Ethics]
Course category	Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	01hs1001
Instructor(s)
大倉 茂   [OHKURA Shigeru]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

This lecture not only captures the basis of ethics in the context of modern society but also encourages students to think ethically. In particular, in this lecture, we will focus on the following four points and advance lectures. (1)What is ethics? (2)What kind of society is modern society (3)What is the norm in a global society? (4)What is necessary for "to think and act oneself"? This course is offered as one of the Humanities and Socical Sciences courses of the Global Liberal Arts Studies.

Expected Learning

1. You will be able to consider the problem of modern society by utilizing the theories of ethics shown by the lecture. 2. You will be able to consider some problems critically and from various aspects. 3. You will be able to express your ideas logically as a report. ・Compentency Development: Autonomy, Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Ability to Explore Knowledge, Academic Ethics

Course schedule

(1)Introduction : About outline of this lecture and course (2)Problem consciousness of this lecture : About the theme of the lecture and the problem consciousness behind it (3)Self responsibility theory : About what is self-liability theory (4)Cogito principle : On the Relationship between Descartes' Thought and Ethics (5)Deontology and Utilitarianism(1) : On the basis of modern normative theory of Deontology and Utilitarianism (6)Deontology and Utilitarianism(2) : On the positive aspects and negative aspects of modern normative theory of Deontology and utilitarianism (7)Market economy and ethics : On the relationship between market economy and ethics (8)Bureaucracy and Ethics : On the relationship between bureaucracy and ethics (9)Modern individualism : On the positive aspects and negative aspects of modern individualism in terms of ethics (10)Constitution of society : Think about concepts that make up society (11)Public sphere : About the relationship between the public sphere and ethics (12)Global public sphere : About Ethics in Public Sphere, especially in Global Public Sphere (13)Justice and Care : Ethics of justice and ethics of care (14)De-modern human and ethics : About human and ethics on future (15)Imagination : On the position of imagination in human ability

Prerequisites

This course carries 2 credits and is included in Humanities and Socical Sciences of the Global Liberal Arts Studies. In addition to 30 hours in the classes and 2 hours required for preparation of a course work, students are recommended to prepare for and review the classes, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University.

Required Text(s) and Materials

In the first lecture, I will tell about the textbook.

References

In this lecture, it is not necessary to prepare reference publications.

Assessment/Grading

Your performance are evaluated by the final report. However, submitting the final report is conditional on submitting four daily reports presented each time. The final report is evaluated from the viewpoint that your opinion is logically discussed based on the lecture.

Message from instructor(s)

Course keywords

Ethics, Deontology, Utilitarianism, Justice, Care, Imagination

Office hours

I always accept questions by e-mail from you.

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

Related URL

https://www.s-ohkura.com/

Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

1/21/2022 6:59:47 PM