Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Introduction to Ethics

 Title Abbreviation:   INTRO TO ETHICS

 Department:    PHIL

 Course #:    215

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    380101

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2019


 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: Completed ENGL& 101 with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

Additional Course Details

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

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
Institution Course # Remarks
UW PHIL240 Intro to Ethics
WWU PHIL320 Ethical Theory I

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