PHIL 2500 - Contemporary Ethical Problems

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.

This course examines the nature of values and morality. Application of ethical theory to such controversial moral issues as criminal punishment and the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia and suicide, privacy, the ethical treatment of animals, environmental ethics, poverty and the distribution of wealth, prejudice and discrimination, affirmative action, civil disobedience, and war will be part of the curriculum. CTW