Family Ethics

Catalog description

Taught by JST. The course will engage Christian thinking on sex, gender, marriage, family, and children. By taking family as its primary frame, the course carves out a space at the intersection of sexual ethics and social ethics. Questions include: Why do Christians care about family? What is sex for? What is gender and does it matter? What does justice have to do with marriage? Readings: Catholic and Protestant theologians, social scientists, critical theorists. Format: reading, discussion, and lecture. Student evaluation will be based on weekly reading responses, discussion, a take-home exam, and a final paper. Students should have taken one prior course in ethics.