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Rachel L. Fredericks
PHIL 102
Seattle Campus
Philosophical consideration of some of the main moral problems of modern society and civilization, such as abortion, euthanasia, war, and capital punishment. Topics vary.
Class description
This course in applied ethics is designed to introduce students to philosophical reasoning by considering a number of moral problems that individuals in contemporary society grapple with daily. Your skills in philosophical reasoning will be developed and tested in three ways: (1) Reading Comprehension: involves carefully, closely reading all the assigned philosophical texts (2) Philosophical Writing: involves completing a variety of written assignments designed to teach you how good philosophical writing differs from writing you may have done in other contexts (3) Class discussion: involves actively, respectfully engaging with your peers about controversial issues that are intimately related to our flourishing as individuals and as a society Both the second and third elements of the class will require you to understand the reasoning used by others, to evaluate and critique those arguments, and to defend your own views with arguments.
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