C Contemporary Moral Issues

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Term hours: 54 lecture. This course is a philosophic examination of major ethical debates in contemporary American society. Topics may include capital punishment, abortion, poverty including hunger and humanitarian aid, euthanasia and assisted suicide, war including terrorism and torture, civil disobedience, racial and sexual equality, affirmative action, sexual morality, reproductive technologies including genetic engineering and cloning, pornography and free speech, “victimless crimes,” bio-medical research, drug laws, vegetarianism and non-human animal rights, economic justice and global obligations, and environmental duties. Preparatory to those investigations, time is devoted to studying some of the most important moral theories and various types of moral reasoning. (UC/CSU, AA GE, CalGETC)