PHIL 102: Ethics and Social Problems

EDP, H- This is a course in learning to disagree constructively in a diverse and pluralistic global society. To that end, students will examine a range of contentious social issues and the reasons individuals and groups have for their positions on those issues. Students will be encouraged to think independently and engage in dialogue about ethics in a variety of contexts and settings, including local, national, and global communities. Students will leave the course better equipped to understand why people differ in their moral judgments, more skilled in reflecting upon their own underlying assumptions and better able to consider alternative views of power and inequality, and in fuller possession of the tools to continue engaging in the practice of moral reasoning.