Ethics

Topics Covered in This Course:

In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:      What is morality?      Consequentialist -teleological- theories of morality      Nonconsequentialist -deontological- theories of morality   In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:      Virtue ethics      Absolutism versus relativism      Freedom versus determinism   In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:      Reward and punishment      Setting up a moral system: basic assumptions and basic principles      The taking of human life   In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:      Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing      Abortion      Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing   In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:      Morality, marriage, and human sexuality      Bioethicsethical issues in medicine      Business and media ethics      Environmental ethics