HUM 2700 - Ethics in the Modern World

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Crossroads College (Closed)

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Description:

This course is an introduction to the major areas of moral philosophy: normative ethical theory (what we ought to do or be), meta-ethics (why we ought to do certain things or be certain people), and applied ethics (exploring particular contemporary ethical issues). The first portion of the course will concentrate on questions of meta-ethics, i.e. analyzing the nature of morality itself. The second portion of the course will concentrate on the major ethical theories throughout the history of moral philosophy. The third portion of the course will examine specifically biblical and Christian ethics. The final portion of the course will apply the previous material to contemporary issues in ethics. Offered: yearly. M. K. Haglund

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.crossroadscollege.edu

Phone Number:

(507) 288-4563

Calendar System:

Semester

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