This course is an introduction to issues in moral philosophy as they arise in law and the legal profession. The first half of the course will be an intensive look at two great rule or principle oriented moral systems: Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and J. S. Mill's Utilitarianism. Each week in the second half of the course we will examine a different area where morality and the law meet, and our readings here will consist mainly of court cases and law review articles. All the topics for this part of the course will concern such gender issues as battered women, pornography, and gay rights. Requirements: a group paper, frequent short papers, a take-home midterm, and a take-home final exam. No prerequisites. No enrollment limit (expected: 4 -70).