2017-2018 Undergraduate General Catalog


PHIL 260 Global Ethics (NW)

This course will consider issues in global ethics, that is, ethical issues related to, or popularized by, transnational connections. As we study these issues, priority will be given to the perspectives of non-Western thinkers. Issues to be studied may include: the enduring legacies of colonialism, conception and critiques of human rights, gender relations and equality, non-Western conceptions of justice, the social, cultural, and environmental impacts of globalization,the impacts of global trade and "sweatshops," climate change, and terrorism. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of the complex ways people and societies in other parts of the world are impacted by global interconnections.

Credits

3