HUMT-3500 : Applied Ethics Workshop

Humanities | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

  1. Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability
  2. Sustainability in Academics
  3. Sustainability Courses
  4. Courses
  • SVG Environmental Issues
  • LSAP Goal 1 Response to the Cry of the Earth
  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 4 Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
  • LSAP Goal 5 Ecological Education
  • LSAP Goal 6 Ecological Spirituality
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • Laudato Si' Action Plan Goals
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 2 Zero Hunger
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 14 Life Below Water
  • 15 Life on Land
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
  • 17 Partnerships for the Goals
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Logo

About this Course

Prepares students for competition in intercollegiate Ethics Bowl by teaching them how to analyze real-world ethical dilemmas using interdisciplinary research, moral theory, and political philosophy. Each quarter the class examines a new set of cases taken from a variety of fields. Past cases have featured controversies over criminal law, corporate misbehavior, the government's responsibility to help victims of climate change, and the regulation of biotechnology.