printer friendly pageAMSTUD 137: The Dialogue of Democracy (COMM 137W, COMM 237, POLISCI 232T, POLISCI 332T)
All forms of democracy require some kind of communication so people can be aware of issues and make decisions. This course looks at competing visions of what democracy should be and different notions of the role of dialogue in a democracy. Is it just campaigning or does it include deliberation? Small scale discussions or sound bites on television? Or social media? What is the role of technology in changing our democratic practices, to mobilize, to persuade, to solve public problems? This course will include readings from political theory about democratic ideals - from the American founders to J.S. Mill and the Progressives to Joseph Schumpeter and modern writers skeptical of the public will. It will also include contemporary examinations of the media and the internet to see how those practices are changing and how the ideals can or cannot be realized.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Fishkin, J. (PI)
BIOE 131: Ethics in Bioengineering
Bioengineering focuses on the development and application of new technologies in the biology and medicine. These technologies often have powerful effects on living systems at the microscopic and macroscopic level. They can provide great benefit to society, but they also can be used in dangerous or damaging ways. These effects may be positive or negative, and so it is critical that bioengineers understand the basic principles of ethics when thinking about how the technologies they develop can and should be applied. On a personal level, every bioengineer should understand the basic principles of ethical behavior in the professional setting. This course will involve substantial writing, and will use case-study methodology to introduce both societal and personal ethical principles, with a focus on practical applications. WIM for Bioengineering. Enrollment limited to 20; priority given to Bioengineering majors.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Altman, R. (PI)
CLASSGEN 35: Becoming Like God: An Introduction to Greek Ethical Philosophy
This course investigates key ethical philosophies in classical Greece. After reading several Greek tragedies (representing traditional Greek values), we examine the Greek philosophers' rejection of this tradition and their radically new ethical theories. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle offered different ethical theories, but they shared basic conceptions of goodness and happiness. They argued that we could ¿become like gods¿ by achieving philosophic wisdom. What kind of wisdom is this? How does it make us ethically good and supremely happy people?
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
COMM 137W: The Dialogue of Democracy (AMSTUD 137, COMM 237, POLISCI 232T, POLISCI 332T)
All forms of democracy require some kind of communication so people can be aware of issues and make decisions. This course looks at competing visions of what democracy should be and different notions of the role of dialogue in a democracy. Is it just campaigning or does it include deliberation? Small scale discussions or sound bites on television? Or social media? What is the role of technology in changing our democratic practices, to mobilize, to persuade, to solve public problems? This course will include readings from political theory about democratic ideals - from the American founders to J.S. Mill and the Progressives to Joseph Schumpeter and modern writers skeptical of the public will. It will also include contemporary examinations of the media and the internet to see how those practices are changing and how the ideals can or cannot be realized.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
COMPLIT 190: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina in Dialogue with Contemporary Philosophical, Social, and Ethical Thought (COMPLIT 290, SLAVGEN 190, SLAVGEN 290)
Anna Karenina, the novel as a case study in the contest between "modernity" and "tradition," their ethical order, ideology, cultural codes, and philosophies. Images of society, women and men in Tolstoy v. those of his contemporaries: Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, Durkheim, Freud. Open to juniors, seniors and graduate students. Requirements: three interpretive essays (500-1000 words each). Analysis of a passage from the novel; AK refracted through a "philosophical" prism and vice versa (30% each); class discussion and Forum (10%).
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Freidin, G. (PI)
CS 181: Computers, Ethics, and Public Policy
(Formerly 201.) Primarily for majors entering computer-related fields. Ethical and social issues related to the development and use of computer technology. Ethical theory, and social, political, and legal considerations. Scenarios in problem areas: privacy, reliability and risks of complex systems, and responsibility of professionals for applications and consequences of their work. Prerequisite: 106B or X.
Terms: Aut, Spr
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Cooper, S. (PI)
CS 181W: Computers, Ethics and Public Policy (WIM)
Writing-intensive version of
CS181. Satisfies the WIM requirement for Computer Science and Computer Systems Engineering undergraduates.
Terms: Aut, Spr
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Cooper, 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: Win
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Burns, S. (PI)
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Dannenberg, J. (PI)
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Rozeboom, G. (PI)
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Schlitter, S. (PI)
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Instructors:
Burns, S. (PI)
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Dannenberg, J. (PI)
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Rozeboom, G. (PI)
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Schlitter, S. (PI)
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Taye, H. (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
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Dannenberg, J. (PI)
ETHICSOC 171: Justice (IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 3P, POLISCI 136S, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C, PUBLPOL 307)
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
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Dougherty, T. (PI)
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