Overview
Description
Topical questions in practical ethics, e.g., war and terrorism, world hunger, abortion, racial discrimination, gender roles, the environment from a multicultural perspective.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO10, CO12
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- state a thesis about a contemporary moral issue, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in defense of an equitable course of action related to that thesis.
- explain at an introductory level some fundamental concepts in moral philosophy.
- distinguish better and worse reasoning in response to everyday situations where diverse moral viewpoints are encountered.
- show how the moral issues presented abstractly in the philosophical literature specifically affect people, especially others who differ from us.