Ethics Minor
Coordinator: Karen Hoffman
The 15-credit ethics minor provides an academic structure to the rigorous study of both ethical theory and ethical practice. Grounded in philosophy, the program is nevertheless interdisciplinary in the wide range of majors with which it can interface. Students who complete the minor will have (1) a solid grasp of the foundations of and differences between the major theories of normative value, (2) a facility with the application of these theories to practical situations that includes an awareness of their respective advantages & disadvantages, potential conflicts, and areas of corroboration, (3) a recognition of the diverse instantiations of the main ethical theories in divergent cultures, and (4) an awareness of ethical thinking as embodying sensibilities about and remedies to inequitable power differentials and other injustices.
Requirements for the Minor
Required
Inequitable Power Differentials
Choose one course that documents and analyzes different ethical responses to Inequitable Power Differentials from among the following:
Ethical Theory in Context
Choose one of the following courses that allows the student to apply ethical theory in specific contexts:
Electives
The remaining credits needed to complete the 15-credit minimum requirement can be fulfilled by taking any two additional classes from the above categories and/or from the list of courses below.
| AFHS 257 | The African American Experience | 3.0 |
| ENGL 205 | Moral Dilemmas in Modern Short Fiction | 3.0 |
| ENGL 267 | Good and Evil in Literature and Culture | 3.0 |
| ENGL 287 | Thematic Studies: Disability Literature | 3.0 |
| PHIL 217 | Ethics of Intimacy | 3.0 |
| PHIL 219 | Biomedical Ethics | 3.0 |
| PHIL 316/HON 316 | Perspectives in Global Health | 3.0 |
| PLRL 205 | Classical Religion and Philosophy | 3.0 |
| REL 220 | World Religions | 3.0 |
| SOC 215 | Social Problems | 3.0 |
| SWAG 200 | Introduction to Studies in Women and Gender | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6.0 |