Steven Viner

Viner is the best. Great professor, takes time to get to know the students, and his classroom environment feels like a discussion at the dinner table. This was the first semester that he ran this course, so there were definitely some growing pains, but I would love to take another course with him down the road.

Contemporary Moral Issues is a thoughtful and engaging introduction to moral philosophy that offers students both intellectual challenge and personal reflection. The professor creates a genuinely open classroom environment, one that encourages every student to articulate their moral intuitions and defend them through reasoned argument. Rather than lecturing abstractly, the professor actively listens to students’ perspectives, asks clarifying questions, and takes the time to understand why each person holds a particular view. This approach makes philosophical debate feel collaborative rather than confrontational.

Contemporary Moral Issues is a thoughtful and engaging introduction to moral philosophy that offers students both intellectual challenge and personal reflection. The professor creates a genuinely open classroom environment, one that encourages every student to articulate their moral intuitions and defend them through reasoned argumen …Read more

This was a nice introduction to philosophy for me. I found the readings to have some pretty interesting ideas and I really liked the way that the essays were structured where what was required was very clear. Viner can teach in a bit of a roundabout way, and can be hard to follow at times.