Intro to Religious Ethics

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course introduces students to the scholarly and comparative study of religious ethical traditions, or to the various moral values, teachings, practices, and accounts of the virtues and the good life to be found in the world’s religious traditions. Given the sheer number of religions that exist or have existed and the internal diversity (as well as disagreement) that characterizes any given religion, the study of religious ethics is unavoidably selective, and which traditions and topics are covered will reflect the particular interests and expertise of the instructor. Nevertheless, the course aims to expose you to a variety of Western and Non-Western religious perspectives on morality; to help you better understand the moral commitments and lives of religious people, and to identify important areas of similarity and difference between (and within) religious traditions; and to broaden and deepen your thinking about the nature of morality, including both its religious and secular forms