PHIL 5440 - Practical Ethics

This course will examine the relationships between ethical theory and practice, especially in the area of professional life. We will consider questions concerning moral imagination, deliberation, and justification, as well as how principles and norms guide our complex activities. Case illustrations from various professions (e.g., medicine, laws, government, science, psychiatry, etc.) will be used to highlight some of these issues. May be repeated for credit, with advisor’s approval, when topics vary.

Credits: 3 hours

Restrictions: Graduate students must be admitted into the M.A. program, unless an exception is granted by the department’s Director of Graduate Studies.

Notes: The prerequisites for admission into 5000-level courses are: Junior status and 12 hours of philosophy. Specific prerequisites may be added to individual courses.