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 Department:    PHIL

 Course #:    215

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    380101

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Develops the ideas of humans as moral agents and critically considers various interpretations of the ideals and standards of moral conduct.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Humanities  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. use and understand ethical language, problems and conundrums
2. understand and use the major traditions of ethical analysis
3. recognize, become familiar with and use the ethical models of representative philosophers from several traditions

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Think

Definition: Think analytically, logically, creatively, and reflectively.

Course Contents

1. Why be moral?
2. Western Ethics: virtue ethics, deontologoical ethics, utilitatian ethics
3. Critics of Western Ethical Traditions: Feminism, Existentialism, Environmentalism
4. Non-Western Ethics: Indigenous, Islamic, Chinese