Welcome!

Oh frabjous day!  I get to take an ethics class at a community college!  Our textbook is called:
The Elements of Moral Philosophy (sixth edition)
by Stuart Rachels
Copyright 2010
ISBN: 978-0-07-338671-3

Table of Contents
1. What is Morality? (I've got a couple of ideas)
2. The Challenge of Cultural Relativism (Call me crazy, but I think the author just shot himself in the foot)
3. Subjectivism in Ethics (If ethics is subjective, then why does this book have so many chapters?  Couldn't we just have one page explaining it's all relative and be done with it?)
4. Does Morality Depend on Religion? (In a nutshell, yes.  Specifically, it can only depend on the triune God of the Bible who lives.  Bring it, Euthyphro!)
5. Ethical Egoism
6. The Idea of a Social Contract
7. The Utilitarian Approach (Ahh, John Stuart Mill.  More on him later)
8. The Debate over Utilitarianism
9. Are there Absolute Moral Rules? (If you answer no, are we morally obligated to follow that rule?)
10. Kant and Respect for Persons
11. Feminism and the Ethics of Care (Darn, if only I had a bra to burn...)
12. The Ethics of Virtue (Wait, if virtues are relative, then would the ethics of virtues ALSO be relative?)
13. What would a Satisfactory Moral Theory be Like? (I've could give you an idea of about 10 rules that would make the ultimate moral theory.  But this other guy boiled them down to only two.)

So my plan is to post regularly on what is going on in this class.  Hopefully I can keep it current, keep it entertaining, keep it informative, and stay sane during the whole process.

Class starts Monday!

(... Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe...)