Ethical Dilemmas and Solutions to Achieve Social Justice

(3 Credits)

This course is an introductory survey of the principles and practice of social ethics. Students will first learn the foundations of ethical theory (normative ethics and some metaethics). The bulk of the class will be spent in applying these theoretical frameworks to a range of social problems - affirmative action, abortion, substance use, and migration, among others - using cases and current news articles. Students will disseminate these applications through an ethics blog, and learn to participate in the marketplace of ideas in a reasoned way.