PPE 272 - Ethics and the Professions

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Staff. Prerequisite(s): At Least one of PHIL 002, 008, 009 or equivalent. This course will examine the ethical issues and dilemmas that commonly arise in the professions, such as the law, medicine and health care, journalism, business, public and civil service, and ethnographical and archaeological research. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the moral issues and challenges that practitioners in different professions encounter and to study how moral reasoning can help us understand and confront these challenges.Some of the central organizing philosophical issues we will examine include that of collective responsibility, and the question of special or role obligation. Prerequisite: At least one of Phil 2, Phil 9, Phil 8 or equivalent

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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