Undergraduate Degrees
The Minor in Ethics
Interim advisor: Richard Scheines
Office: Baker Hall 135E
With the explosive growth of science and technology have come not only new possibilities, but new problems as well. Developments in medicine, in biology, in chemistry, in nuclear engineering or in computer science all have their costs as well as their benefits, and they present us with many hard choices. Most of these new problems are at least in part moral problems.
The Philosophy Department's minor in Ethics introduces students to central ethical concepts and theories proposed and defended by the great philosophers of the past; it provides an understanding of how these theories and concepts can be applied to practical problems. This background in ethical theory and its applications should help students to respond more sensitively and appropriately to the new and unavoidable ethical problems that businesses, unions, and branches of government must face.
Ethics Core Courses (27 units)
Complete three courses from any of the following areas with at least two courses
at the 200-level or higher.
80-x30 through 80-x34 Ethics / Ethical Theory
80-x35 through 80-x39 Social /Political Philosophy
80-x40 through 80-x49 Applied / Professional Ethics
Ethics Electives (18 units)
Complete two courses at the 200-level or higher.