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PHILOS 22W

Introduction to Ethical Theory

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Limited to freshmen/sophomores. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 22. Introduction to major ethical theories in Western thought. Examination of works of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill. Topics include ideas of virtue, obligation, egoism, relativism, and foundations of morals. Four papers required. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.46
n = 371 · 4 terms · ± 0.028
A range
60%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
1.6%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 9722W
  • 8023W
  • 9724W
  • 10025W
Enrolment by term: 22W 97, 23W 80, 24W 97, 25W 100
Peak 100 Most recent 100 in 25W 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 9 · 2.4%
  • A 103 · 27.5%
  • A- 109 · 29.1%
  • B+ 54 · 14.4%
  • B 41 · 10.9%
  • B- 28 · 7.5%
  • C+ 14 · 3.7%
  • C 7 · 1.9%
  • C- 1 · 0.3%
  • D+ 3 · 0.8%
  • D 2 · 0.5%
  • I 3 · 0.8%
  • DR 1 · 0.3%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
HERMAN, BARBARA 3.51 3.51 272 3 65%
HIERONYMI, PAMELA 3.32 3.30 99 1 45%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term