Twentieth Century Ethics

David Solomon, Ph.D.

International Catholic University Classics Collection, recorded in 2004

This course is intended to be a general introduction to the main topics and the most significant developments in 20th-century ethics. Several of the figures discussed in these lectures, notably Elizabeth Anscombe and Alasdair MacIntyre, are among the most important Catholic philosophers in the century. This course focuses on Analytic, Anglophone ethics which had dominated moral philosophy in the universities of the U.S. and the U.K. for most of the century. There is a clear point of origination of this tradition in G. E. Moore’s Principia Ethica, published in 1903, and a clear line of development within this tradition to the present day.


Subscribe to our Channel

30-minute lectures

  1. Introduction and 19th-Century Ethics

  2. G. E. Moore and Intuitionism

  3. Emotivism and Non-Cognitivism

  4. Recovering the World

  5. Metaethics and Normative Theory

  6. John Rawls: Reviving Kant

  7. The New Consequentialism

  8. Rediscovering Virtue

  9. After Virtue

  10. Anti-Theory

  11. The Applied Ethics Revolution

  12. Whither Ethics?


Listen to the full catalogue of Catholic Thinkers courses on your favorite podcast format:

iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | Audible

 

Terms of Use. Catholic Thinkers media is copyrighted material. However, we have made it free with the expectation that it will be shared and used by many. If you share what you see here, please acknowledge your source, and send people our way to find more. You or your organization may not benefit financially from use of our media without written consent. Please continue reading for full terms of use, and contact us with questions or requests: info@catholicthinkers.org

 

Study Materials

Lessons, supplementary reading, suggested assignments.

 
 
 

You might also be interested in: