HUMT-3500 : Applied Ethics Workshop

Humanities | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

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  • LSAP Goal 1 Response to the Cry of the Earth
  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
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  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

About this Course

Prepares students for competition in intercollegiate Ethics Bowl by teaching them how to analyze real-world ethical dilemmas using interdisciplinary research, moral theory, and political philosophy. Each quarter the class examines a new set of cases taken from a variety of fields. Past cases have featured controversies over criminal law, corporate misbehavior, the government's responsibility to help victims of climate change, and the regulation of biotechnology.