Abstract. Besides pedagogical challenges, teachers of university ethics courses have to
meet ethical questions related to the teaching of ethics. Two such questions are considered.
First, I analyse objectives of ethics teaching in general and in Finland in particular. It is
argued that usually the main aims of ethics courses should be purely intellectual. However,
some behavioural aims are also acceptable. It is prudential to teach moral prima facie rules
which are related only to the world of academia (for example research ethics) or to a
certain occupation (for example medical care). Second, ethical issues related to ethics
teaching in culturally homogenous environments are analysed. It is argued that homogenous
environments create some special problems, which an ethics teacher should
acknowledge and be extremely sensitive to. Moreover, special arrangements for fairness
are needed, not just in diverse, but also in homogenous environments.
Keywords: ethics teaching, objectives, homogenous cultures, pedagogy, university,
Finland