Ethics in Society

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course brings philosophical reflection to bear on some of the most pressing ethical issues facing modern society. Topics include technology ethics, environmental ethics, racial justice, and poverty. How much can you rely on AI before it compromises your autonomy? What, if anything, is lost when caregiving is outsourced to robots? What are the rights of future generations? Is it wrong to only have friends of the same race as yourself? How does lived experience confer authority? What do we owe the global poor? We’ll explore all these questions, and more, in this discussion-based seminar.