PHIL1115 - 03 - Recent Moral Issues

(ER) Ethical Reasoning (M) Moral Reasoning (DM) Diversity & Multiculturalism

The nature of ethical dicision making is first discussed. Skills of moral reasoning are then applied to various issues of capital punishment, euthanasia, abortion, world hunger, preferential treatment and discrimination, pornography and censorship, enviornmental ethics, war and terrorism, reproductive technology, genetic engineering, animal rights, and the legalization of drugs.