| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BC001002 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
倫理学入門 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
リンリガクニュウモン |
Subject Name in
English |
Introduction to Ethics |
| Instructor |
ETOH YOSHINORI,GOTOU YUUTA,OKAMOTO SHIMPEI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
エトウ ヨシノリ,ゴトウ ユウタ,オカモト シンペイ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(4T) Weds1-4：LET B204 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| Mainly lecture, discussion and presentation |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
|
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
02
:
Ethics |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Ethical Thought (Japan, Germany, Britain and the United States) / Applied Ethics (educational ethics, bioethics, information ethics, robot ethics) |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Philosophy and Thought
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Basic understanding of Philosophy and Thoughts (including Liberal Arts Education)
・Acquisition of basic knowledge about Philosophy and Thoughts |
|---|
Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Make understanding of basic knowledge about ethics through ethical thought (Japan, Germany, Britain and the United States) and applied ethics (educational ethics, bioethics, information ethics, robot ethics). |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1（Eto）: What is ethics?
lesson2（Eto）: About good (Can human be better?)
lesson3（Eto）: The paradigm of Japanese thought
lesson4（Eto）: Modern Japanese ethical thought: Nishida Kitaro, Watsuji Tetsuro, Nishi Shinichiro
lesson5（Eto）: Educational ethics: Steiner education
lesson6（Goto）: Schopenhauer’s thought
lesson7（Goto）: Nietzsche’s thought
lesson8（Goto）: Heidegger’s thought
lesson9（Goto）: Introduction to Bioethics
lesson10（Okamoto）: Introduction to Information Ethics
lesson11（Okamoto）: The underlying disagreement: Hobbesians vs. Rational Intuitionists
lesson12（Okamoto）: The rise and fall of the Moral Sense School: Hutcheson, Hume and Smith
lesson13（Okamoto）: The birth of Utilitarianism: Bentham, Mills, and Sidgwick
lesson14（Okamoto）: The trichotomy of contemporary normative theories, and applied ethics
lesson15（Okamoto）: Ethical issues in advanced technology |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Not particularly |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
|
| (More Details) |
handouts, Power Point (PC)
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Provided handouts are expected to be read by the class. |
| Requirements |
Credits will not be granted if students do not attend at least two-thirds of the class hours. However, if the absence is due to illness or other unavoidable reasons, it will be considered. |
| Grading Method |
Attendance (10%)
Reports(70%)
Presentation (20%)
|
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |