PPOL 505 - Ethics and Public Policy

Institution:

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Subject:

Public Policy

Description:

This course focuses on the tensions and relationships between personal morality and political action by examining the moral aspect of contemporary policy issues such as (but not limited to) the right to live, environmental policy, social welfare policy, discrimination, and war. These will be examined in the political context of the tension between the demands of personal conscience and the need to be a member of a team in an organization, as well as in the philosophical context of contending normative theories about justice and sound public policy.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Seminar

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Institution Website:

www.umd.umich.edu/

Phone Number:

(313) 593-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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