Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy

About this Online Live Course

Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy is a four-week course that explores the nature of morality.

March Class Dates

Please ensure the class times are suitable in your local timezone.

All classes run from 6.00 PM - 7.30 PM AEDT

• Week 1: Thursday 3 March
• Week 2: Thursday 10 March
• Week 3: Thursday 17 March
• Week 4: Thursday 24 March

May Class Dates

Please ensure the class times are suitable in your local timezone.

All classes run from 7.00 PM - 8.30 PM AEST

• Week 1: Wednesday 4 May
• Week 2: Wednesday 11 May
• Week 3: Wednesday 18 May
• Week 4: Wednesday 25 May

Why should I attend?

This course will help you better understand moral disagreements, and provide a more robust framework for answering life’s most important questions.

What will I learn?

In this class, you’ll learn:

• Normative ethics: Theories of right and wrong.
• Meta-ethics: Whether those theories are objectively true, culturally relative, or something else entirely.
• Systematic philosophy: How to use philosophical tools to have more fruitful moral disagreements.

Who is the instructor?

Dr Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson is a philosopher with research interests in formal epistemology, philosophical logic, philosophy of information, and philosophy of music. He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oxford, and held numerous other academic positions.

Course structure

4x 90-minute sessions, which take place in our virtual classroom over Zoom.

It is a live and interactive course featuring lectures and reading material, Q&A sessions with the instructor, as well as breakout rooms with your intellectually curious classmates.

What is the class schedule?

Week 1:

• Consequentialism.

Week 2:

• Deontology.

Week 3:

• Virtue Ethics.

Week 4:

• Meta-Ethics.

What's included?

• Live online lectures
• Live Q&A sessions with the instructor
• Zoom breakout rooms for collaboration with other classmates
• Downloadable pre-readings
• Weekly homework tasks
• Downloadable PDF summaries of the lectures and course
• Lifetime access to the lecture recordings
• A certificate of completion
• The opportunity to make new intellectually curious friends

Are there any requirements?

All you need is a stable internet connection and a desire to learn.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected]