PHIL 143 Ethical Paths

This course offers a global and practical introduction to a wide variety of Ethical Pathways that one might follow in pursuit of living a moral life. Print and visual examples are drawn from Western, Asian, and traditional African philosophical traditions, as well as from movements for social justice, peace, and environmental ethics. Students will use critical thinking and ethical reasoning to analyze and apply the wisdom contained in these pathways to their personal and professional lives.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Recognize the ethical concerns raised in each of thirteen ethical paths and analyze how one’s identified core beliefs and core values might invite one to follow these paths.
2. Organize thinking around the influences of Greco-Roman rationalist philosophy, Asian understanding of interconnectedness, and African communalism and explore the possibilities each worldview opens for shaping how one might respond to events in the modern world.
3. Analyze movements for social justice, peace, and environmentalism and evaluate their claims as a guide for living responsibly.
4. Apply the ethical principles contained in and expressed through the paths explored in this course to the challenge of resolving a classic theoretical ethical dilemma.

Course Objectives

1. Recognize the ethical concerns raised in each of thirteen ethical paths and analyze how one’s identified core beliefs and core values might invite one to follow these paths.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET1
   • ET2
2. Organize thinking around the influences of Greco-Roman rationalist philosophy, Asian understanding of interconnectedness, and African communalism and explore the possibilities each worldview opens for shaping how one might respond to events in the modern world.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
   • CT1

   Ethics Goals

   • ET2
3. Analyze movements for social justice, peace, and environmentalism and evaluate their claims as a guide for living responsibly.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
   • CT4
4. Apply the ethical principles contained in and expressed through the paths explored in this course to the challenge of resolving a classic theoretical ethical dilemma.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET3