PHIL 312A - Applied Ethics: Research & Dev

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

This course involves an in-depth ethical investigation of human activity in two world-changing forms: (a) scientific research and its applications and (b) the socio-economic development of the (natural) world and of human beings. Both sorts of activities, sometimes overlapping in significant ways, aim to increase human welfare (of some or all human beings). While this aim is ethically defensible, does it sometimes or often take place according to the questionable principle of expediency: the ends justify the means? Are these forms of human activities often carried out at the expense of the welfare of other species, the environment as a whole? Just because we can, should we?

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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