PHIL 250

PHIL 250 : Contemporary Ethical Issues
Instructor: Howard Nye

Course Description:

A philosophical introduction to ethical reasoning and its application to important practical issues. Examine whether ethics can be objective, the nature of well-being and value, the scope of moral concern, complicity in harmful practices, duties to aid, special obligations, and constraints on harming. Explore the implications of these considerations in the contexts of global poverty and the fair distribution of resources, abortion, treatment decisions for ill and disabled infants, obligations to non-human animals, duties regarding climate change and the natural environment, nationalism, war and terrorism, and end-of-life decision-making and policy.