Study Aids for Ethical Theory (Fall 2010)

This page was last updated November 29, 2010.

Instructor: Dr. Jan Garrett

A. Study Questions related to Theories

1. Study Questions for Plato, Euthyphro
2. Study Questions for Plato, Republic
3. Study Questions for Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
4. Study Questions for Epictetus, Encheiridion
5. Study Questions for Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles
     Thomas Aquinas' Terms and Definitions (related to Summa Contra Gentiles)
6. Study Questions for Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (selections)
7. Study Questions for Hume, Enquiry Concerning . . . Morals
8. Study Questions for Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
9. Study Questions for Bentham, Intro to the Principles . . .
10. Study Questions for J. S. Mill, Utilitarianism
11. Study Questions and Other Materials Related to Marx
12. Study Questions for Nietzsche (ready 11/8/2010)
13. Study Questions Related to Sartre
14. Study Questions for Rawls
15. Study Questions for Held, "Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory"
16. Study Questions for Rachels on Cultural Relativism (Word Document download)

B. Vocabulary Lists and Other Study Aids

1. Virtue Ethics; Happiness
2. Epictetus' Stoic Values Chart; see also the large Stoic Place website.
3. Thomist Vocabulary for Use with Summa Contra Gentiles (selections)
4. Kantian Vocabulary Related to Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
5. Essays (Mainly for Undergraduates) by Dr. Garrett on Ethical Theories
6. Dialogues, Pedagogical Forgeries, Etc.
7. Nietzsche's Mature Philosophy (lecture)
8. Notes on Dewey's Ethics (Fall 2008)