What's the Right Thing to Do? Ethics and Justice in the Modern World

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This course examines classical and contemporary theories of justice in Western philosophical ethics and applies them to modern dilemmas that have dominated political and cultural conflict in the modern West. These topics include questions of economic justice in relation to capitalism and communism; the question of human rights as a supreme and universal value that cuts across all social and cultural contexts; the profound challenges of slavery, colonialism and racial justice that haunt American politics in the present day; the continuing quest for gender equality; and contemporary issues of gender politics including same-sex marriage and the recognition of transgender and nonbinary identities. 001326