Fall 2026

Modern Ethical Theories

PHILOS 541 explores ethical theories and problems from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Harry Brighouse4.3/5Russ Shafer-Landau4.3/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2014: 3.50 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.26 GPA, 42.9% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2024: 2.88 GPA, 29.4% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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RUSS SHAFER-LANDAU is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2017, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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LEC 002Classroom Instruction17 / 250

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Ethical theories and problems
  • Modern ethical theories
  • Late 19th and 20th century philosophy

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PHILOS 541 · Fall 2026

Modern Ethical Theories

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