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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHIL 4000 - Ethics Seminar - Capstone


Credit Hours: 3
The student will probe the nature, justification and development of fundamental ethical concepts and moral principles from classical to contemporary philosophy in the context of the history of culture. Reading will be from philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant, Mill, Sartre, Rawls and Apel. An analysis of ethical theories will focus on the problems of meaning, method and knowledge. Attention will be given to the application of ethical categories to professional practices in education and medicine, as well as to international relations and to the solution of environmental and other global problems.

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2000  OR PHIL 2002