Applied Ethics
Facilitator: Margaret R. McLean, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Religious Studies
This pathway invites students to explore the application of critical ethical thinking to real world problems, thereby deepening their understanding of their vocational and educational choices. Courses in this pathway address ethical issues in areas such as communication, economics and business, healthcare, politics, gender, sustainability, diplomacy and war. All pathway courses include intentional and sustained discussion of the practical ethical dimensions of course content. Courses raise a wide range of applied ethics problems in diverse fields and professional arenas. Ethics is by nature interdisciplinary, drawing on diverse theories, methodologies, and traditions in various disciplines, including biology, engineering, gender studies, literature, organizational theory, philosophy, and religious studies. Pathway courses support students' critical consideration of specific real life dilemmas and their exploration of methodologies and reasoned solutions to controversial practical moral issues. (Please note—most courses in this Pathway do not satisfy the Core Ethics requirement.)
Associated Courses
Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)
ENGL 2A Ethics & Activism
PHIL 12A Personal Identity & Community (Vallor)
Arts and Sciences
*ASCI 198 Applied Ethics Internship: Health Care (cross-listed with ELSJ 198)
Biology
* BIOL 171 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Biotechnology
Communication
* COMM 149B Science News: How to Report on Topics
*COMM 164A Race, Gender and Public Health in the News (cross-listed with WGST 116)
COMM 168A Race, Gender and Politics in the News (cross-listed with WGST 117)
COMM 170A Communication Law & Responsibility
English
ENGL 123 Studies in the History of Literary Theory: Ethics and Literature
Environmental Studies
*ENVS 84 Spirituality and Sustainability (cross-listed with TESP 84)
*ENVS 152 Faith, Ethics & Biodiversity (cross-listed with TESP 152)
Ethnic Studies
ETHN 156 Environmental Racism, Gender, and Justice (cross-listed with WGST 113)
Experiential Learning for Social Justice
*ELSJ 198 Applied Ethics Internship: Healthcare (cross-listed with ASCI 198)
Finance
FNCE 180 Open Book Management
Management
*MGMT 160 Organization and Management
Philosophy
PHIL 4A Ethics & Gender (cross-listed with WGST 58)
PHIL 7 Ethical Issues in Medicine
PHIL 9 Ethical Issues & Environment
PHIL 10 Ethical Issues in the Law
PHIL 70 Philosophy and Disability
PHIL 80 Science, Technology, and Society
PHIL 113 Ethics and Constitutional Law
PHIL 114 Ethics and Criminal Law
PHIL 116 Ethics, Authenticity, Freedom, and Vocation
PHIL 119 Special Topics: Applied Ethics (The Moral and Legal Status of Prenatal Humans (Nelson), Issues in Reproductive Ethics (Steinbock) topics only)
PHIL 122B Political Philosophy and Ethics: Contemporary
PHIL 154 Philosophy of Law
Note: The normal prerequisite for all philosophy upper-division courses is upper-division standing.
Political Science
POLI 30 Intro to Political Philosophy
POLI 167 Making Public Policy
Psychology
* PSYC 114 Ethics in Psychology (cross-listed with PSYC 114EL)
* PSYC 114EL Ethics in Psychology - ELSJ (cross-listed with PSYC 114)
Religious Studies
*RSOC 157 Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues
*RSOC 170 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with WGST 146)
*TESP 46 Faith, Justice and Poverty
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
*TESP 84 Spirituality and Sustainability (cross-listed with ENVS 84)
*TESP 88 Hope and Prophetic Politics
*TESP 152 Faith, Ethics, and the Biodiversity Crisis (cross-listed with ENVS 152)
*TESP 156 Christian Ethics and HIV/AIDS
*TESP 157 Ethics in the Health Professions
TESP 158 Immigration and Ethics
*TESP 159 Ethics of War and Peace
*TESP 163 Christianity and Politics
Women's and Gender Studies
WGST 58 Ethics & Gender (cross-listed with PHIL 4A)
WGST 113 Environmental Racism, Gender, and Justice (cross-listed with ETHN 156 )
WGST 116 Race, Gender and Public Health in the News(cross-listed with COMM 164A)
WGST 117 Race, Gender and Politics in the News(cross-listed with COMM 168A)
WGST 146 Religion, Gender, and Globalization (cross-listed with RSOC 170)
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites
