ADPL1500 · Advancing Studies
ADV
This course introduces students to the main schools of ethical thought in the Western philosophical tradition. We examine works by philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant, and Mill, and we ask how the ethical systems developed by these figures can help us to think through issues like economic inequality, the treatment of animals, and euthanasia.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.8 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Part Time Faculty, Undergraduate Programs, Woods College of Adv. Std
4.6 / 5
4.3 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Undergraduate Programs, Woods College of Adv. Std
4.5 / 5
4.5 / 5
Director, Research & Curriculum, CTR Psych Humanities & Ethics
4.6 / 5
4.4 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsFall 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections