Faculty First Year Seminars 191NU2 - Everyday Ethics

Ethics is often taught as separate from other things, a calculation that we make in special circumstances. This course will discuss the "everyday ethics" that we all manage: do we return the shopping cart? Tell the cashier at the grocery store they made a mistake in our favor? Gossip? Sneak away from a little fender bender in the campus parking lot? Through selected readings, and other media, we'll understand and discuss how just about every decision has an ethical component and whether and how to incorporate that in our daily activities.

First-year (R1ST)