Maricopa Community Colleges  PHI212   19946-20025 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/22/94
PHI212 19946-20025 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Applied Ethics
Philosophical consideration of such moral problems as civil disobedience, preferential treatment, abortion, privacy, sexual morality, and poverty and hunger. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
PHI212   19946-20025 Applied Ethics
1. Identify and explain the major ethical alternatives, including their strengths and weaknesses, concerning several major contemporary moral issues. (I, II, III, IV, V)
2. Analyze and recommend ethical alternatives concerning moral issues on a rational, informed basis. (I, II, III, IV, V)
3. Identify and describe the specific, situational consequences of the major theories. (I, II, III, IV, V)
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PHI212   19946-20025 Applied Ethics
    I. Life and Death
        A. Sexual morality
        B. Contraception
        C. Abortion
        D. Suicide
        E. Euthanasia
        F. Poverty and hunger
      II. Equality and Discrimination
          A. Sexism
          B. Racism
          C. Equal opportunity
          D. Poverty and hunger
          E. Property rights
        III. The Individual and Society
            A. Privacy
            B. Sexual morality
            C. Pornography and censorship
            D. Civil disobedience
            E. Punishment
          IV. Private and Public Good
              A. Corporate consciousness
              B. Advertising
              C. Freedom of competition
              D. Social and corporate priorities
              E. Equal opportunity
              F. Property rights
              G. Protecting the environment
            V. War and Peace
                A. Just and unjust wars
                B. Pacifism
                C. Civil disobedience
                D. Conventional and nuclear wars
                E. Protecting the environment
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