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UCOR 2900-03 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Ricci, Joseph

Term:

Spring

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-03 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Friedlaender, Christina

Term:

Winter

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-04 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Friedlaender, Christina

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-04 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Moskalik, Janice

Term:

Spring

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-04 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Snelson, Avery

Term:

Winter

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-05 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Johnston, Joshua

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-05 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Moskalik, Janice

Term:

Spring

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-05 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Snelson, Avery

Term:

Winter

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-06 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Sari, Yasemin

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.

UCOR 2900-06 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Coren, Dan

Term:

Spring

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

There are two principal aims in this course, one theoretical and the other practical. The theoretical aim is to understand the major options in the history of philosophical ethics, especially utilitarianism, Kantianism (or deontology), and virtue ethics. The practical aim of the course is both to apply these theories to various ethical problems and to see how these theories emerge out of these problems.