PSY 313 Ethics (SS)

This course provides an overview of various philosophical approaches to ethical decision making and practical applications involving ethical problems that arise in contemporary society such as crime and punishment, marriage and the family, biotechnology, and the workplace.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

PSY 201, PSY 202, PSY 240 or PSY 311, PSY 209 or PSY 312, or their equivalents

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Analyze professional and personal codes of ethics
3. Construct an ethical argument with appropriate supporting data and logical consistency
4. Apply ethics and ethical analysis to contemporary social issues
5. Evaluate moral development
6. Compareand contrast various philosophic approaches to ethical decision-making