PHIL 105 - Contemporary Moral Issues

Lecture - Lab - Credit Hours: 3-0-3
IAI Code: H4 904
This introductory course will help students understand and rationally evaluate some of the ‘hot button’ moral issues of our time. The course will focus primarily on debates in biomedical ethics, business ethics, and environmental ethics. Additional topics of study may include war and terrorism, sexual ethics, race and gender, capital punishment, or governmental regulation of specific practices (e.g., gambling, prostitution, or drug use).Prerequisite: COMPASS placement into ENG 101 ; or minimum grade “C” in one of the following: ENG 021 and ENG 099 ; or the EAP course sequence ENG 078 and ENG 089 , or ENG 096 .