BC202202 Lecture on British and American Ethics

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Letters

Lecture Code BC202202 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 英米倫理学講義

Subject Name
（Katakana）エイベイリンリガクコウギ

Subject Name in
English Lecture on British and American Ethics

Instructor OKAMOTO SHIMPEI

Instructor
(Katakana) オカモト　シンペイ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Fri5-8：LET B104

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lectures and Discussions

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Ethics

Eligible Students

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
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 We will introduce the main philosophers and their positions in the Anglophone region from the 17th century to the latter half of the 20th century.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 Impact of Thomas Hobbes and the debate on Hobbesianism
lesson3 John Locke on　Natural Rights
lesson4 Moral Sense School:Shaftesbury and Hutcheson
lesson5 David Hume and Justice as Artificial Virtue
lesson6 Sympathy-Based Ethics:Adam Smith
lesson7 Utilitarianism(1):Bentham and Philosophical Radicals
lesson8 Utilitarianism(2):J.S.Mill on Liberty
lesson9 Henry Sidgwick's Dualism of Practical Rationality
lesson10 Birth of Analytic Moral Philosophy:G.E.Moore and Intuitionism
lesson11 Against Rational Intuition: A. J. Ayer and Emotivism
lesson12 R.M.Hare and Contemporary Consequentialism
lesson13 the Impact of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
lesson14 Bernard Williams's Criticism against Utilitarianism
lesson15 Toward Ethics of 21st Century

Report

Text/Reference
Books,etc. 児玉聡『功利と直観』（勁草書房）等

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Print, Power Point

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review It is only one aspect of philosophers to be introduced by each lectures. If you examine the other issues of the introduced philosopher, you will deepen your understanding.

Requirements

Grading Method Discussion(30%), Report(70%)

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

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.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Letters
Lecture Code	BC202202	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	英米倫理学講義
Subject Name （Katakana）	エイベイリンリガクコウギ
Subject Name in English	Lecture on British and American Ethics
Instructor	OKAMOTO SHIMPEI
Instructor (Katakana)	オカモト　シンペイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Fri5-8：LET B104
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lectures and Discussions
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Ethics
Eligible Students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
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	We will introduce the main philosophers and their positions in the Anglophone region from the 17th century to the latter half of the 20th century.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction lesson2 Impact of Thomas Hobbes and the debate on Hobbesianism lesson3 John Locke on　Natural Rights lesson4 Moral Sense School:Shaftesbury and Hutcheson lesson5 David Hume and Justice as Artificial Virtue lesson6 Sympathy-Based Ethics:Adam Smith lesson7 Utilitarianism(1):Bentham and Philosophical Radicals lesson8 Utilitarianism(2):J.S.Mill on Liberty lesson9 Henry Sidgwick's Dualism of Practical Rationality lesson10 Birth of Analytic Moral Philosophy:G.E.Moore and Intuitionism lesson11 Against Rational Intuition: A. J. Ayer and Emotivism lesson12 R.M.Hare and Contemporary Consequentialism lesson13 the Impact of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice lesson14 Bernard Williams's Criticism against Utilitarianism lesson15 Toward Ethics of 21st Century Report
Text/Reference Books,etc.	児玉聡『功利と直観』（勁草書房）等
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Print, Power Point
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	It is only one aspect of philosophers to be introduced by each lectures. If you examine the other issues of the introduced philosopher, you will deepen your understanding.
Requirements
Grading Method	Discussion(30%), Report(70%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
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.

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