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  • AE 282: Ethics and Computers

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course examines the legal and ethical dilemmas spawned by the proliferation of Internet-based technologies in an increasingly complex society.Topics include the philosophical foundations of the right of privacy; the centralization of power; the impact on employment, computer crime, patents, property, and liability; the tremendous power of instantaneous Internet communications to influence world events; and the possibilities and implications of artificial intelligence.Central consideration is given to the digital divide: the potential for global injustice in global discordances between rich and poor societies in access to the Internet and other advanced technology.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 283: Environmental Justice

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course offers a comprehensive study of the political impact of our global environmental crisis examined through the lens of the relationship of self to society.We study current scientific, religious, economic, and political perspectives that impact our ecological reality globally, including health, trade, population, and waste issues.Working in self-selected groups, students have the opportunity to report on alternative models and activists' movements aimed at creating a global sustainable future.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 284: Environmental Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course describes the controversies and dilemmas surrounding the understanding, use, and preservation of the natural environment.A preliminary study of the scientific, legal, and ethical principles governing our approach to nature and the complex interrelation of these principles precedes an examination of salient environmental issues.The course explores conservation of resources, population growth, energy use, pollution, and global climate change from biological, economic, political, and philosophical perspectives.Students have opportunities to pursue problems of special interest.(Prerequisites: one course in philosophy and one course in religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 285: Ethics of Healthcare

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course considers the moral dilemmas of the healthcare setting.Topics include patients' rights (medical paternalism and patient autonomy, informed consent to therapy, and participation in research); dilemmas of reproduction (technological assistance, abortion, cloning); dilemmas of life and death (assisted suicide, euthanasia, technological interventions for the dying); allocation of healthcare resources; and the special dilemmas of healthcare professionals caught in binds between HMO contracts and professional obligations.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 286: Ethics of Research and Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course explores the moral dilemmas that attend the search for an application of scientific knowledge.Topics include the methods of science and their limits (e.g., in research with human subjects); scientific fraud, its dimensions and prevention; and the effects of rapidly expanding fields of technology on medicine and industry.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 287: Engineering Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course systematically explores the ethical dimensions of situations and tasks common to engineering practice.Issues include professionalism, codes of ethics, consumer risk and safety, employee loyalty and whistle-blowing, research and ownership of information, and the engineer's responsibility to the natural environment.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 288: Ethical Dimensions of Global Humanitarian Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course surveys the ethical dilemmas that arise in the context of global need and global opportunity, specifically the needs of physical, psychological, and spiritual sustenance and support created in the developing world by many kinds of violence, exploitation, and environmental crises, and the opportunities perceived in the developed world to provide assistance through international, governmental, and non-governmental avenues.Topics include the ethical analyses of emerging crises and assessments of needs; the typical structures of assistance, public and private, and the consequences (intended or otherwise) of deploying them; and the dilemmas of seeking and assessing help from donors of uncertain motives and histories. This course meets the world diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 289: Global Health Care Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This survey of issues of public health on a global scale explores the ethical and economic dilemmas of environmental degradation, national sovereignty, individual liberty, and human happiness and productivity as they arise in the increasing interaction of developed and developing nations.The course studies conditions prevalent in developing nations - poverty, hunger, the absence of physical and social infrastructure, and uneven education, as well as the role of gender and race discrimination - and examines ethical dilemmas confronted in the efforts to deal with health conditions in the developing nations, through case studies and group discussion; term projects focus on selected regions and health condition s.This course meets the world diversity requirement. (Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 290: Ethics in America:The Telecourse

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course is a survey of practical ethics, in which televised discussions of selected topics in applied ethics (ethics in government, ethics in the military, medical ethics, business ethics, etc.) illustrate the basic concepts of the Western tradition in ethical reasoning (autonomy, justice, privacy, community, etc.).The discussions feature influential public figures in each field; readings include important writings in the history of ethics.Format: lecture/discussion with in-class video presentations.Note: Occasional sections of this course are offered online through University College.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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  • AE 291: Business Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Fairfield University

    This course investigates ethical problems in business practice.Topics include the foundation of the free-market system, personal morality in profit-oriented enterprises; codes of ethics, obligations to employees and other stakeholders; truth in advertising, whistle-blowing, and company loyalty; self and government regulation; the logic and future of capitalism; and the changing responsibilities of the manager in a rapidly globalizing business environment.Note: Occasional sections of this course are offered online through University College.(Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies) Three credits.
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