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PHL202 Ethics

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  • CRN: 44000
  • Credits: 4
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Class materials

Textbooks

No textbooks required

Open educational resources (OER)

The following free or inexpensive materials are used for this class:

Details about this class

Greetings!

This Ethics class is designed as a discussion course.  Its purpose is twofold:  1) to introduce the student to reading some major philosophical thinkers and their ideas on morality and the nature of the good life; and 2) to give each student the opportunity for some guided reflection, writing and discussion of their own on ethical ideas and their application to issues in contemporary culture.  The course will include a number of specific activities designed to realize these goals, including reading philosophical texts, writing discussion posts and replies to classmates, identifying and summarizing ethical issues in contemporary culture, participating in class discussions, and preparing a final project presentation at the end of the term.

We will make an effort to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a partner in many of our activities, with the understanding that AI will always only assist, never replace, individual effort in reading, reflecting, writing, discussion and presentation.

There will be no textbook required for our class.  Readings will be provided by way of links to websites, or documents in other ways included in the class.

If you like, please check out my PCC website here.

See you in class!

Steve Jolin

Stephen Jolin, Ph.D., Instructor, Philosophy, Portland Community College.

Technology

There is no additional technology required for this class.

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.