The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge

This live online course is an introduction to the main themes of Dallas’s final academic book, The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge. Over eight weeks, we will survey the main ideas and arguments from the book, and put them into dialogue with some of Dallas's other academic and popular writings, as well as with writings from other authors, from Plato to James Davison Hunter and Julie Reuben. All readings are optional, and electronic copies are included in the cost of the course. No background in philosophy is required or assumed.

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The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge

Course content

9 sections | 34 lessons

Pre-Course Webinar

Course Schedule & Zoom Links

Session 1: Causes I — The Disappearance of the Self

Session 2: Causes II — Fear and Loathing about Knowledge; The Decline of Religion and the Rise of Relativism

Session 3: Moral Knowledge and Our Key Social Institutions: the University, Government, and the Professions

Session 4: 20th Century Moral Theory I – From Spencer to Moore

Session 5: 20th Century Moral Theory II – From Ethics to Metaethics; from Cognitivism to Non-Cognitivism

Session 6: 20th Century Moral Theory III – Attempts to Recover Moral Knowledge by Redefining Knowledge

Course Evaluation

The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge

Pre-Course Webinar2 Lessons

Pre-Course Webinar

Course Schedule & Zoom Links1 Lessons

Course Schedule & Zoom Links

Session 1: Causes I — The Disappearance of the Self5 Lessons

Session 1: Causes I — The Disappearance of the Self

Session 2: Causes II — Fear and Loathing about Knowledge; The Decline of Religion and the Rise of Relativism5 Lessons

Session 2: Causes II — Fear and Loathing about Knowledge; The Decline of Religion and the Rise of Relativism

Session 3: Moral Knowledge and Our Key Social Institutions: the University, Government, and the Professions5 Lessons

Session 3: Moral Knowledge and Our Key Social Institutions: the University, Government, and the Professions

Session 4: 20th Century Moral Theory I – From Spencer to Moore5 Lessons

Session 4: 20th Century Moral Theory I – From Spencer to Moore

Session 5: 20th Century Moral Theory II – From Ethics to Metaethics; from Cognitivism to Non-Cognitivism5 Lessons

Session 5: 20th Century Moral Theory II – From Ethics to Metaethics; from Cognitivism to Non-Cognitivism

Session 6: 20th Century Moral Theory III – Attempts to Recover Moral Knowledge by Redefining Knowledge5 Lessons

Session 6: 20th Century Moral Theory III – Attempts to Recover Moral Knowledge by Redefining Knowledge

Course Evaluation1 Lessons

Course Evaluation