Applied Ethics
Facilitator: Karen Peterson-Iyer, Religious Studies
This pathway invites students to explore the application of critical ethical thinking to real world problems, thereby deepening their understanding of their vocational and educational choices. Courses in this pathway address ethical issues in areas such as communication, economics and business, healthcare, politics, gender, sustainability, diplomacy and war. All pathway courses include intentional and sustained discussion of the practical ethical dimensions of course content. Courses raise a wide range of applied ethics problems in diverse fields and professional arenas. Ethics is by nature interdisciplinary, drawing on diverse theories, methodologies, and traditions in various disciplines, including biology, engineering, gender studies, literature, organizational theory, philosophy, and religious studies. Pathway courses support students critical consideration of specific real life dilemmas and their exploration of methodologies and reasoned solutions to controversial practical moral issues. (Please note most courses in this Pathway do not satisfy the Core Ethics requirement.)
Associated Courses
| Accounting (ACTG) |
| 144 Accounting Ethics |
| Arts and Sciences (ASCI) |
| 198 Applied Ethics Internship: Health Care |
| Biology (BIOL) |
| 171 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Biotechnology |
| Business (BUSN) |
| 132 Contemplative Leadership and Sustainability Program |
| Communication (COMM) |
| 149B Science News: How to Report on Topics |
| 167 Communication Law & Responsibility |
| English (ENGL) |
| 26 Introduction to Writing in STEM |
| 108 Writing in STEM |
| 123/H Studies in the History of Literary Theory: Ethics and Literature |
| Environmental Studies & Sciences (ENVS) |
| 84 Spirituality and Sustainability (cross-listed with TESP 84) |
| 152 Faith, Ethics and Biodiversity (cross-listed with TESP 152) |
| Ethnic Studies (ETHN) |
| 156 Environmental Racism, Gender, and Justice (cross-listed with GNSX 113) |
| Experiential Learning for Social Justice (ELSJ) |
| 198 Applied Ethics Internship: Healthcare (cross-listed with ASCI 198) |
| Finance (FNCE) |
| 130 Ethics in Finance |
| 180 Financial Planning and Analysis |
| Gender and Sexuality Studies (GNSX) |
| 47 Biblical Women and Power (cross-listed with SCTR 39) |
| 58 Ethics and Gender (cross-listed with PHIL 23) |
| 113 Environmental Racism, Gender, & Justice (cross-listed with ETHN 156) |
| 116 Race, Gender and Public Health in the News |
| 117 Race, Gender and Politics in the News |
| 146 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with RSOC 170) |
| 184 Feminism and Ethics (cross-listed with PHIL 120) |
| 189 Sex, Law and Social Justice: The Politics of Advocacy |
| History (HIST) |
| 21 Saving the World?: A Critical History of Human Rights and Humanitarianism |
| 121 Saving the World?: A Critical History of Human Rights and Humanitarianism |
| Management (MGMT) |
| 6 Business Ethics |
| 6H Business Ethics: Honors |
| 132 Contemplative Leadership and Sustainable Practice |
| 160 Organization and Management |
| 160S Management of Organizations LSP |
| 178 Business and Human Rights |
| 181 Conscientious Capitalism |
| Philosophy (PHIL) |
| 21 Introduction to Ethics |
| 22 Ethics in the Digital Age |
| 23 Ethics & Gender (cross-listed with GNSX 58) |
| 24 Ethics and Gender in Film |
| 25 Ethics in Society |
| 26 Ethics in Business |
| 27A Ethics in Healthcare |
| 27B Ethics and Public Health (cross-listed with PHSC 7) |
| 28 Ethics in Politics |
| 29 Ethics & the Environment |
| 30 Ethics and the Law |
| 33 Ethics and Race |
| 40 Science, Technology, and Society |
| 41 Diversity and Disability |
| 70 Philosophy and Disability |
| 80 Science, Technology, & Society |
| 108 Special Topics: Applied Ethics (The Moral and Legal Status of Prenatal Humans (Nelson), Issues in Reproductive Ethics (Steinbock) topics only) |
| 111 Bioethics and the Law |
| 112 Ethics, Authenticity, Freedom and Vocation |
| 113 Ethics and Constitutional Law |
| 114 Ethics and Criminal Law |
| 115 Feminism and Ethics |
| 116 Ethics, Authenticity, Freedom |
| 117 Bioethics and the Law |
| 118 Ethics and Constitutional Law |
| 119 Ethics and Criminal Law |
| 120 Feminism and Ethics (cross-listed with GNSX 184) |
| 121 Political Philosophy and Ethics |
| 122 Virtue Ethics |
| 122B Political Philosophy and Ethics: Contemporary |
| 123 Philosophy of Law |
| 130 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence |
| 174 Uncertainty, Conflict & Self Development: Chinese Perspectives |
| 185A University Ethics Bowl Team |
| 199L Ethical Dilemmas: Business and the World (London Semester Program) |
| Note: The normal prerequisite for all philosophy upper-division courses is upper-division standing. |
| Political Science (POLI) |
| 30 Introduction to Political Philosophy |
| 167 Making Public Policy |
| 173 Sports & Politics in the U.S. |
| Psychology (PSYC) |
| 114 Ethics in Psychology (cross-listed with PSYC 114EL) |
| 114EL Ethics in Psychology ELSJ (cross-listed with PSYC 114) |
| Public Health Science (PHSC) |
| 7 Public Health and Ethics (cross-listed with PHIL 7B) |
| Religion, Theology, and Culture |
| Religion and Society (RSOC) |
| 135 Architects of Solidarity |
| 157 Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues |
| 170 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with GNSX 146) |
| Scripture and Tradition (SCTR) |
| 39 Biblical Women and Power (cross-listed with GNSX 47) |
| 128 Human Suffering and Hope |
| 148 From Babylon to Birmingham: Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and Modern America |
| Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality (TESP) |
| 26 Sustainable Theologies |
| 46 Faith, Justice & Poverty |
| 46H Faith, Justice & Poverty: Honors |
| 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination |
| 69 Christian Social Ethics |
| 84 Spirituality & Sustainability (cross-listed with ENVS 84) |
| 88 Hope & Prophetic Politics |
| 108 Human Trafficking and Christian Ethics |
| 119/R Theology, Sex & Relationships |
| 119B Theology, Sex & Relationships B |
| 129 Religion and Peace |
| 141 Bioethics: Dignity and Justice |
| 142 Conscience, Christianity and Politics |
| 143 Theology and Ethics of Thomas Aquinas |
| 152 Faith, Ethics and Biodiversity (cross-listed with ENVS 152) |
| 156 Christian Ethics and HIV/AIDS |
| 157 Ethics in the Health Professions |
| 158 Immigration and Ethics |
| 159 Ethics of War and Peace |
| 163 Christianity and Politics |
| 164 Religious Ethics in Business |