PHIL1980-01.Tpcs: Cont Issues Apllied Eth.Su15.Swenson,Joseph

Faculty Name

Joseph Swenson

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PHIL

Course Subject

PHIL

Course Number

1980

Course Section

01

Course Title

Tpcs: Cont Issues Apllied Eth

Academic Term and Year

Summer 2015

Credits

4.00

Area of Study

PHIL

Course Description

This discussion-based course will introduce students to a critical philosophical analysis of a number of significant ongoing ethical debates and dilemmas in contemporary society. Topics will include: Abortion, Euthanasia, Animal Rights, Civil Rights, Global Poverty, Environmental Ethics, and Terrorism. We will focus on both the philosophical arguments that structure these ethical debates as well as the status of the current laws and societal beliefs that inform them.

Recommended Citation

Swenson, Joseph, "PHIL1980-01.Tpcs: Cont Issues Apllied Eth.Su15.Swenson,Joseph" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 5453.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/5453