Hocbigg - Moral Philosophy (Ethics)

Contents

• Summary
• Communities
• Curriculum
• Code of conduct

Summary

The Moral Philosophy (Ethics) curriculum is a complete education in Moral Philosophy using online materials.

Organization

This repository is organized into three main components:

• Core Curriculum (this page): the foundational knowledge of the field;
• Advanced Topics: focused study in specific areas;
• Projects: support learning through practical application throughout the curriculum.

Process: Learners may work through the curriculum independently or collaboratively, and either sequentially or selectively.

• For simplicity, courses in the Core Curriculum are ordered according to their prerequisites.
• The Core Curriculum provides a shared foundation and is intended to be completed in full.
• Advanced Topics are optional; learners are encouraged to select one area of focus and complete all courses within that topic.

Practical work is integrated through the Projects section and may be undertaken alongside coursework.

Note: When there are courses or books that don't fit into the curriculum but are otherwise of high quality, they belong in extras/courses, extras/readings.

How to contribute

Communities

• Forums:
  • The Philosophy Forum
  • Online Philosophy Club
  • Philosophy Now Forum
• Subreddits:
  • r/askphilosophy
  • r/ethics
  • r/philosophy
• Discord servers:
  • The Philosophy Chat
• You can also interact through GitHub issues. If there is a problem with a course, or a change needs to be made to the curriculum, this is the place to start the conversation. Read more here.

• Join our Discord server (for discussions around this and other curricula):

  

Curriculum

• Philosophical Orientation and Tools
• Historical Foundations of Ethical Thought
• Core Ethical Theories Normative Ethics
• Metaethics

How to use this curriculum

Study them in this exact order to develop a clear and coherent understanding of ethics (before moving to Advanced Topics):

1. Philosophical Orientation and Tools
   Start here. This section teaches you how to think philosophically and how to read, analyze, and evaluate arguments — skills you will use in every later section.

2. Historical Foundations of Ethical Thought
   Next, work through the historical development of major ethical ideas. This gives you the big picture of how moral philosophy has evolved over time.

3. Core Ethical Theories (Normative Ethics)
   This is the heart of the subject. Here you learn the three major families of ethical theories that almost every contemporary ethical discussion still relies on.

4. Metaethics
   Finish the core by studying metaethics. This section helps you understand what moral claims actually mean and whether they can be objectively true — the deepest “why” questions behind the theories you just learned.

Philosophical Orientation and Tools

Historical Foundations of Ethical Thought

Core Ethical Theories (Normative Ethics)

Metaethics

Code of conduct

Hocbigg's code of conduct.