PHIL 103 Introduction to Ethics
This course explores the major worldviews and ethical theories of World philosophy, focusing especially on applied normative ethics as a path to ethical decision making. Students will use theoretical reasoning and applied ethical understandings to discuss and evaluate various contemporary global issues, as well as take a personal ethical stance.
Prerequisite
Eligible to enroll in
ENGL 121
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- 1. Define and describe applied normative ethics; analyze worldviews expressed in Western, Asian, and traditional African ethical systems and their role(s) in shaping ethical decision making.
- 2. Compare and contrast the implications of ethical theories that look to outcomes (teleological), those based on duty (deontological), and those rooted in Virtue Ethics – Ancient and Modern, Asian, traditional African, and Western.
- 3. Analyze contemporary global issues and highlight their ethical dimensions, applying the philosophical underpinnings of major worldviews to questions of ethical decision making.
- 4. Place one’s personal core beliefs within the worldviews and theoretical frameworks of ethics.
Course Objectives
- 1. Define and describe applied normative ethics; analyze worldviews expressed in Western, Asian, and traditional African ethical systems and their role(s) in shaping ethical decision making.
- 2. Compare and contrast the implications of ethical theories that look to outcomes (teleological), those based on duty (deontological), and those rooted in Virtue Ethics – Ancient and Modern, Asian, traditional African, and Western.
- 3. Analyze contemporary global issues and highlight their ethical dimensions, applying the philosophical underpinnings of major worldviews to questions of ethical decision making.
- 4. Place one’s personal core beliefs within the worldviews and theoretical frameworks of ethics.