printer friendly pageETHICSOC 10SC: The Meaning of Life: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry through Literature
Short novels and plays as the basis for reflection on ethical values and the purpose of life. Why are people here? How do they find meaningful work? What can death teach 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 people to seek their own destinies? What obligations does one have to others?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
McLennan, S. (PI)
ETHICSOC 20: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (PHIL 20)
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
Instructors:
Schapiro, T. (PI)
ETHICSOC 30: Introduction to Political Philosophy (PHIL 30, POLISCI 3, PUBLPOL 103A)
State authority, justice, liberty, and equality through major works in political philosophy. Topics include human nature and citizenship, the obligation to obey the law, democracy and economic inequality, equality of opportunity and affirmative action, religion, and politics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
Instructors:
Hussain, N. (PI)
ETHICSOC 78: Medical Ethics (PHIL 78)
Introduction to moral reasoning and its application to problems in medicine: informed consent, the requirements and limits of respect for patients' autonomy, surrogate decision making, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, and abortion.
Last offered: Winter 2008
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
ETHICSOC 133: Ethics and Politics of Public Service (POLISCI 133)
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: Autumn 2007
| 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:
Pasternak, A. (PI)
ETHICSOC 137R: Justice at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights in the 21st Century (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: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Reich, R. (PI)
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Steyer, 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: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Schapiro, T. (PI)
ETHICSOC 171: Justice (IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 136S, PUBLPOL 207)
Focus is on the ideal of a just society, and the place of liberty and equality in it, in light of contemporary theories of justice and political controversies. Topics include protecting religious liberty, financing schools and elections, regulating markets, assuring access to health care, and providing affirmative action and group rights. Issues of global justice including human rights and global inequality.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Cohen, J. (PI)
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Barlow, R. (TA)
;
Cheng-Guajardo, L. (TA)
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Instructors:
Cohen, J. (PI)
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Barlow, R. (TA)
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Cheng-Guajardo, L. (TA)
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Guenova, L. (TA)
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Johnson, T. (TA)
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Scharding, T. (TA)
ETHICSOC 174A: Moral Limits of the Market (PHIL 174A, PHIL 274A)
Morally controversial uses of markets and market reasoning in areas such as organ sales, procreation, education, and child labor. Would a market for organ donation make saving lives more efficient; if it did, would it thereby be justified? Should a nation be permitted to buy the right to pollute? Readings include Walzer, Arrow, Rawls, Sen, Frey, Titmuss, and empirical cases.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Satz, D. (PI)
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