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ETHICSOC 8SI: What Are They Thinking?

How ethical is networking? Is there a difference between being a good Facebook friend and being a good friend? What should dating look like at Stanford? Is there really a hook-up culture on campus? How should parents fit in my life? Is it important to go into the lockstep march to adulthood immediately after college? Are you David Brooks' quintessential Organization Kid? Personal growth questions through discussion and dialogue. Student-initiated course. (AU)
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 1
Instructors: Reich, R. (PI)

ETHICSOC 9SI: Civil Liberties and Critical Issues in American Society

This class is a lecture series featuring guest speakers from various academic departments, the Stanford Law School, and public interest organizations from around the Bay Area. Issues that will be addressed include prison reform, capital punishment, education reform, and other issues. Some of the speakers will include Professors Larry Marshall and Richard Ford of the Stanford Law School, as well as Richard Lee (Prop 19 advocate).
Terms: Spr | Units: 1
Instructors: McLennan, S. (PI)

ETHICSOC 10: Ethics in Theory and Practice (PHIL 22)

Weekly talks by Stanford faculty on important questions of ethics that arise in private and public life. These questions arise in all disciplines and are central to many of the main problems confronting humanity today. Such questions include: what is our obligation to future generations? are there any human rights? what is the appropriate role of religion in politics? is capital punishment ever justified? what are the ethical obligations of a researcher? should the university teach moral values? what principles of justice should govern the distribution of K-12 education?nnnClass meets Fridays from noon to 1:05. Format is an informal talk of about 35- 40 minutes, followed by discussion.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Reich, R. (PI)

ETHICSOC 10SC: The Meaning of Life: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry through Literature

Short novels and plays will provide the basis for reflection on ethical values and the purpose of life. Some of the works to be studied are F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, Jane Smiley's Good Will, Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. We will read for plot, setting, character, and theme using a two-text method- looking at the narrative of the literary work and students' own lives-rather than either deconstructing the literature or relating it to the author's biography and psychology. The questions we will ask have many answers. Why are we here? How do we find meaningful work? What can death teach us about life? What is the meaning of success? What is the nature of true love? How can one find balance between work and personal life? How free are we to seek our own destiny? What obligations do we have to others? We will draw from literature set in the United States and elsewhere. Both secular and religious world views from a variety of traditions will be considered. The authors chosen are able to hold people up as jewels to the light, turning them around to show all of their facets, both blemished and pure, while at the same time pointing to any internal glow beneath the surface. Classes will be taught in a Socratic, discussion-based style. Study questions will accompany each reading and provide a foundation for class discussion. Grading will be based 50 percent on class participation, 25 percent on one-page reflection papers on reading assignments, and 25 percent on a four-page final paper due on September 15. Field trips will include an overnight camping experience.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2
Instructors: McLennan, S. (PI)

ETHICSOC 20: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (PHIL 2)

What is the basis of moral judgment? What makes right actions right and wrong actions wrong? What makes a state of affairs good or worth promoting? What is it to have a good or virtuous character? Answers to classic questions in ethics through the works of traditional and contemporary authors. Fulfills the Philosophy ethical reasoning requirement.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors: Schapiro, T. (PI)

ETHICSOC 133: Ethics and Politics of Public Service (HUMBIO 178, PHIL 175A, PHIL 275A, POLISCI 133, PUBLPOL 103D)

Ethical and political questions in public service work, including volunteering, service learning, humanitarian assistance, and public service professions such as medicine and teaching. Motives and outcomes in service work. Connections between service work and justice. Is mandatory service an oxymoron? History of public service in the U.S. Issues in crosscultural service work. Integration with the Haas Center for Public Service to connect service activities and public service aspirations with academic experiences at Stanford.
Last offered: Winter 2010 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-ER

ETHICSOC 136R: Introduction to Global Justice (INTNLREL 136R, PHIL 76, POLISCI 136R, POLISCI 336)

Recent work in political theory on global justice. Topics include global poverty, human rights, fair trade, immigration, climate change. Do developed countries have a duty to aid developing countries? Do rich countries have the right to close their borders to economic immigrants? When is humanitarian intervention justified? Readings include Charles Beitz, Thomas Pogge, John Rawls.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ER
Instructors: Oberman, K. (PI)

ETHICSOC 137R: Justice at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights in the 21st Century (CSRE 137R, EDUC 261X, POLISCI 137R, POLISCI 337R)

Focus is on theories of justice. How the core ideals of freedom, equality, and security animate theories which John Rawls considers the first virtue of social institutions. Topics include the U.S. Constitution as a legal framework for the operation of these ideals, civil rights legislation and litigation as the arena of tensions between those ideals, and how ideas of justice function both at home and abroad to impact civil liberties in today's war on terror.
Terms: Win | Units: 5

ETHICSOC 157: Moral Foundations of Capitalism

Preference to sophomores and juniors. An interdisciplinary examination of alternative and largely incompatible twentieth-century defenses of the morality of capitalism, with a concentration on economic, Objectivist, and Christian arguments, considered historically, economically, politically, and philosophically. Readings from Adam Smith, Karl Marx, authors for and against slavery, John Maynard Keynes, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Austrian School economists, Milton Friedman, Dinesh D'Souza, and George Gilder. A reading of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". A concluding application of studied theories to a few recent public policy issues.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: McCaskey, J. (PI)

ETHICSOC 170: Ethical Theory (PHIL 170, PHIL 270)

Major strands in contemporary ethical theory. Readings include Bentham, Mill, Kant, and contemporary authors.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-ER, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, GER:EC-EthicReas
Instructors: Schapiro, T. (PI)
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