UCSB Hist 33D, Lecture 12:
Ethics

by Prof. Marcuse (Nov. 5, 2002)

Please turn in your journals

Last Lecture: Resistance

Questions: The who what when where how and why of resistance?

Answers:

Today's Question

What motivates people to do good (or evil)?

Ethics vs. Morals:
right and wrong
good and bad
Þ the right thing to do may still be bad

Example 1: Church & Euthanasia

Example 2: July 20, 1944

Kant's Categorical Imperative (1790s)

Announcements

Professor's see-saw model

see-saw model of groups in society and influences

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