PHIL 009. First-Year Seminar: Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl


This seminar will introduce you to leading approaches to moral philosophy but in the context of considering 15 troubling and complex issues facing society today. These cases are determined by the Associate for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). Students will be expected to understand the facts of the cases, articulate and defend the ethical principles involved in them, present effective arguments about how cases should be resolved, and be able to respond effectively to challenges put forward by those who oppose one's own views. The seminar will be offered in connection with the APPE. [http://appe.indiana.edu/ethics-bowl/ethics-bowl/] We can send up to two teams in competition. It is important to stress that this isn't a forum for debate, but deliberative discussion. No one will be required to become a member of a team: the focus in the seminar is on discussion of the 15 cases -- which will be made available in September. 
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Philosophy  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/philosophy


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