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The primary purpose of the
integrative 350 core course is to develop interdisciplinary abilities in
ethical clarification with reference to at least two major contemporary
issues. These courses focus primarily on ethical concerns.
Topics include the following subjects:
ART
and CENSORSHIP Focuses on the social and ethical implications
of the artist's creative freedom, particularly how artistic freedom
related to personal freedom. Considers issues common to the
visual, plastic, musical, and theatrical arts. Writing integrated.
PROPAGANDA Traces the origins,
examines the practices and considers the consequences of propaganda in
both totalitarian and democratic societies. The ethical
implication of propaganda will be explored by applying relevant ethical
and moral codes to a variety of case studies. Writing integrated.
HUMAN RIGHTS and APPLIED ETHICS
Investigates through critical reasoning students' own value systems and
the assumptions implicit in assumptions of and justifications for human
right. Writing integrated.
ETHICS and
ECOLOGY Introduces the nature of ethical reasoning in relation
to the ecology and the impact of human culture and scientific thought on
ecology. Students face questions arising from their ethical
obligations to each other, to non-human species, and to the plant
itself. Writing integrated.
ETHICS and
TECHNOLOGY Explores ethical challenges of living and working
in a technological world. Students consider the personal, social,
and philosophical implications of global technology. Writing
integrated.
POWER, PROGRESS and
ETHICS Contemporary ethical issues, such as human health and
the environment, will be treated from a variety of scientific and
literary perspectives. The complex consequences of decision making
in science on community welfare will be explored. Discussion,
personal and literary accounts and social history will provide a variety
of perspectives on these issues. This course is cross-listed with
NS 350.
WOMEN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Ethical issues confronted by women worldwide, through a study of
literary and historical texts and through their own writing.
Cross-listed with SS 350. Writing integrated.
Pre-requisite: Completion of the
skills component of the General Education Core or permission of the
instructor.
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