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May 31, 2024
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PHI - 240 Introduction to Ethics
Class Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite(s): ENG 111
Corequisite(s): None
Local Prerequisite(s): None
Local Co-requisite(s): None
This course introduces theories about the nature and foundations of moral judgments and applications to contemporary moral issues. Emphasis is placed on moral theories such as consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. Upon completion, students should be able to apply various ethical theories to moral issues such as abortion, capital punishment, poverty, war, terrorism, the treatment of animals, and issues arising from new technologies. *This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course in Humanities/Fine Arts.*
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