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UCOR 2900-06 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Rellihan, Matthew

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 2900-07 Ethical Reasoning

Course Type:

UCOR 2900 Ethical Reasoning

Faculty:

Christiansen, Erich

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 2900-07 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 2910-01 Ethical Reasoning Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Colaner, Nathan

Term:

Spring

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.

UCOR 2910-01 Ethical Reasoning Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Colaner, Nathan

Term:

Summer

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.

UCOR 2910-01 Ethical Reasoning in Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Suriano, Benjamin

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.

UCOR 2910-01 Ethical Reasoning in Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Suriano, Benjamin

Term:

Winter

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.

UCOR 2910-02 Ethical Reasoning Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Suriano, Benjamin

Term:

Spring

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.

UCOR 2910-02 Ethical Reasoning in Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Imanaka, Jessica

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.

UCOR 2910-02 Ethical Reasoning in Business

Course Type:

UCOR 2910 Ethical Reasoning Business

Faculty:

Suriano, Benjamin

Term:

Winter

Year:

2025

Module:

Module II

Course Description

This course covers a set of theoretical and applied issues in ethics, organized around the questions - "What are our moral obligations? What do those obligations entail? How do we make sense of those obligations?" Work in the course includes careful evaluation of philosophical texts and also reflective work on the part of students. Applied material focuses on questions in business ethics.