This class will provide an introduction of ethics, and its application to various issues in medicine, health care, and the use of pharmaceuticals. Topics may include: abortion, euthanasia, medical paternalism, medical experimentation, access to drugs, access to medical procedures, and the allocation of medical resources. (Gen. Ed. SB)

This class will provide an introduction of ethics, and its application to various issues in medicine, health care, and the use of pharmaceuticals. Topics may include: abortion, euthanasia, medical paternalism, medical experimentation, access to drugs, access to medical procedures, and the allocation of medical resources. (Gen. Ed. SB)

Survey of basic concepts and theories of ethics. Consideration of specific ethical problems that businesses and business people are apt to face.

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?

This course is an introduction to normative ethics. More specifically, we will focus on questions about what to do and how to live from a moral point of view. We will spend a large portion of the course discussing specific moral questions?e.g. it ever permissible to kill someone? How much of our income should we donate to charity? What are our obligations to animals? Is affirmative action permissible? What bearing does implicit bias have on ethical hiring practices? Should governments such as the United States pay reparations?