Philosophy 1320

Philosophy 1320

Ethics and Society

CRN 80028

Study of ethics, its recent focus on social problems, and new fields of inquiry, including environmental ethics, ethics in business, professions, technology and sport. Also such global issues as poverty, minority rights, and stem cell research. Emphasis on development and application of principles of critical thinking and moral reasoning.

3 Credit Hours. 3 Lecture Contact Hours. 0 Lab Contact Hours.

This course has an enrollment period of nine months.

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Course Information

  • Structure:
    • 6 lessons
    • Required work: readings, lesson assignments, lesson quizzes
    • Students in this course may not submit an assignment before any previously submitted assignment has been graded and returned. Students may submit no more than two assignments each week.
  • Textbook:
    • Shafer-Landau, Russ. The Fundamentals of Ethics. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2014.  ISBN: 978-0199997237
  • Required Materials: 
    • Students are required to watch multiple videos. Some of these can be accessed free of charge and are linked to in the course content. Others may require rental through either Amazon or Netflix.
  • Instructor: Bob Fischer, Ph.D.
  • Tuition: For current course tuition, visit the Correspondence Costs page.

Acquiring Course Materials

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