Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
Introduces the study of morality. Helps students understand and analyze ethical claims based on standards such as happiness, duty, and custom.

Student Outcomes
1. Define moral philosophy.
2. Identify and compare the positions of absolutism, objectivism, and relativism.
3. Demonstrate comprehension of and apply the consequentialist approach.
4. Demonstrate understanding as to how the categorical imperative instills a sense of duty and responsibility and informs a person towards practices of good will.
5. Demonstrate comprehension of and apply virtue ethics.
6. Analyze the impact of a multi-ethnic or gender-equitable perspective on ethical issues.
7. Analyze classical and post-colonial attitudes toward ethical issues.
8. Apply philosophical analysis and critique to concrete moral problems.

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