CCM201
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Arguing About the Right Thing to Do
Civic Communication and Media
Humanities
Public Health Ethics, Advocacy and Leadership
Willamette College
Course Description
The course investigates methods of arguing about ethics. First, students will be introduced to the general question of whether matters of right and wrong are susceptible to argument. are questions of right and wrong merely personal choices or do argumentative methods exist to distinguish right from wrong? Second, students will be introduced to various methods of arguing about ethical matters. Finally, these methods or argument will be applied to several examples of ethical questions prevalent in civic society, especially those including life and death, personal liberty, personal responsibility, and ethical rhetoric. The course also requires that students make presentations about ethical matters.
College/School
Willamette College
Locations
Salem
Offering Cycle, by Year
All Years
Offering Cycle, by Semester
Fall and Spring
Credit Hours Min
4