PHIL213

026205

In this course, students will consider a wide range of moral or ethical controversies and positions involved in contemporary life. Topics covered will vary but may include, among others, famine relief; euthanasia and physician assisted suicide; the morality of warfare, often known as Just War Theory; sexual morality; racism; sexism; the ethics of immigration; the morality of genetic engineering, as well as the related topic of human cloning; the restriction of liberties pertaining to recreational drug use, prostitution, pornography, and free speech; environmental damage and moral obligations to future generations; the moral status of nonhuman animals; and abortion.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

GE - T2-HUM (Tier 2 Humanities), GEED - EPHUM (Gen Ed: EP Humanist)