# PHIL 210 — Ethics (AUB) > PHIL 210 Ethics at American University of Beirut. 18 student reviews · 2 shared files. Source: https://studiety.com/aub/course/664 Retrieved: 2026-08-04 ## Facts - Course code: PHIL 210 - Title: Ethics - University: American University of Beirut (AUB) - Subject: Philosophy - Department: Philosophy - Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Credits: 3 - Counts toward General Education: Cultures and Histories - Professors on record (14): Ali Hocine Dimerdji, Bashshar Haydar, Fares Chalabi, James Roderick Broucek, Jana Kasab, Karam Wahab, Mahmoud Baassiri, Mahmoud El Hassanieh, Mahmoud Rasmi, Muhannad Hariri, Paul Michael Spohr, Rabih Salloum, Raid Samaha, Zainab Sabra ## Catalogue description An introduction to some of the major normative ethical theories based on the study of the original writings of selected philosophers, including a section on applied ethics. ## Quick answers ### What is PHIL 210 at AUB? PHIL 210 Ethics is a 3-credit course at American University of Beirut (AUB), in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. An introduction to some of the major normative ethical theories based on the study of the original writings of selected philosophers, including a section on applied ethics. ### How many credits is PHIL 210? PHIL 210 Ethics is worth 3 credits at AUB. ### Is PHIL 210 hard? 18 AUB students have written about PHIL 210 on Studiety. No one has left a star rating yet, so read what they wrote rather than an average. ### Who teaches PHIL 210 at AUB? Studiety has 14 professors on record for PHIL 210: Ali Hocine Dimerdji, Bashshar Haydar, Fares Chalabi, James Roderick Broucek, Jana Kasab, Karam Wahab, Mahmoud Baassiri, Mahmoud El Hassanieh and 6 more. Sections change every term, so check the registrar for who is teaching now. ### Are there past papers for PHIL 210? Yes — 2 files for PHIL 210 have been shared by AUB students on Studiety, including exams, quizzes, syllabi and notes. They are free to download with a student account. ## What to expect - Has Midterm - Has Attendance - Has Graded Homeworks - Has Participation ## Books - Multiple Books ## Shared course material 2 files shared by students. Free to download after signing up. - Notes: 1 - Syllabus: 1 (most recent from 2010) ## Student reviews 18 of 18 reviews, written by students who took the course. - **2021-08** — I took this course with Muhannad online during the summer semester. The course talks about different ethical theories across several periods. He explains the concepts really well, and there are two exams. It is a good course to take as a first course in philosophy. - **2021-07** — I took this course with prof zainab during summer 2021. We have weekly readings, the readings are difficult to understand alone, but they are explained very well during class. You just have to take notes. We had a paper and a final exam. the paper is about giving objections about an ethical theory we took in class, and writing about a new theory that we see is the best. the final consists of question about the lectures. The prof is very good and the class is interesting, we always have discussion ( 20% of the grade was for attendance and participation) - **2020-08** — Very cool professor and fair grader. Only 2 exams and no papers. - **2020-04** — Low workload and high grades, and he's really cool and fun - **2020-04** — Mahmoud Rasmi gives a low workload and good grades, and the class is to live for, never missed any - **2020-04** — Very fun lectures and very nice teacher. i love the classes and discussions, one of the best philosophy teachers - **2020-04** — He's really cool, you'll enjoy his class and the class discussions, not very generous with grades but he's fair. - **2020-04** — Mahmoud is good, I would definitely advise the course with him - **2020-04** — Hassanieh is okay, low workload but kind of strict with attendance and participation. His classes are very interactive and gradewise I think he's acceptable - **2020-04** — Difficult to get high grades. You have to memorize what he talks about in class write down notes from the powerpoint presentation ( he doesn't post them on moodle), write it in a smart way in exams. You can get 80s if you have a general understanding of the topic and have some opinion write it along with some memorized concepts of course - **2020-04** — Ali is amazing, easy course and enjoyable high grades attainable - **2020-04** — He did not give anyone 90s and he is being very strict in grades and attendance. And very high workload 3 quizzes 3 tests and an optional essay. - **2020-04** — Fares provides recordings of everything and you have to memorize everything - **2019-08** — 1- In James' course you learn more stuff, he covers a lot of philosophers a lot of topics In Bashar's class you reflect on your own ideas 2- With James, higher workload 3- With James, what you need to study is veryyyy clear and his slides are extremly clear whereas in Bashshar's class his interesting discussion might get a bit confusing at some point, because he's not following a strict plan, it's really a discussion 4- if you work hard, James puts higher grades - **2019-08** — I recommend Ali, Take notes and u can end the course with a 90 - **2019-08** — I took it with him in spring. He did not give anyone 90s and he is recently being very strict in grades and attendance. And toooo much workload 3 quizzes 3 tests and an optional essay. - **2019-08** — Phil 210 is very easy and quite interesting. Karam wahab is a good teacher, as ive been told. I took it with paul spohr, he is a great teacher, explains really well. The readings are not that hard so if you don't mind reading articles, go for it. I dnt knw about phil 209 but i knw that bana bashour is very nice. Good luck! - **2019-08** — I took philo 209 with rabih and philo 210 with james both are excellent in terms of explanation, james is very systematic with fair grades and the proportion of quizzes percentages is well studied, rabih is very interesting, he delivers his message in a funny understandable way( much less workload) ## See also - [All Philosophy courses at AUB](https://studiety.com/aub/subject/philosophy.md) - [Every AUB subject](https://studiety.com/aub/subjects.md) --- From Studiety (https://studiety.com/), an independent, student-run course guide. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any university. Reviews are the opinions of individual students.