PHIL 4760 - Ethics and Contemporary Public Policy - Ethics Bowl

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: One 2000 or 3000-level philosophy course or consent of the instructor.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
Course explores how ethical theory may illuminate current controversial issues in practical ethics, applied ethics, and public policy. Topics change each year. Course includes preparation for “ethics bowl” competitions, which are collaborative exchanges where teams compete to offer the most compelling ethical accounts of an issue. Students have the option of attending Ethics Bowl tournaments, which take place annually in Florida and elsewhere. Course may be repeated, but only twice toward philosophy major