7 courses with the subject ETH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ETH 131Introduction to Ethics3.00
This course explores the basic sources and methodologies of selected systems of ethical reasoning from a global perspective and applies them to contemporary problems in individuals and social ethics. This course is cross listed as PHI 234. There are no prerequisites: for this course. LSP: IG
ETH 231History of Western Social and Political Ethics II3.00
This course will introduce students to major ethical developments in Western social and political thought from the Pre-Socratics through the Protestant Reformation, including key ideas such as the nature of sovereignty and the source of legitimate authority, the nature of justice, the form of the state, the nature of property, and the nature and rights of citizenship. Although both ETH 231 and 232 are required for the Ethics minor, they do not need to be taken in sequence.
ETH 232History of Western Social and Political Ethics I3.00
This course will introduce students to major ethical developments in Western social and political thought from the end of the 16th century to the present, including the shift from monarchy to nation state, the development of social contract theory, capitalism, constitutional government, modern democracy and related concepts of liberty and social equality, and developments of the idea of justice, as well as the ideologies of socialism, fascism, and national socialism. Although both ETH 231 and 232 are required for the Ethics minor, they do not need to be taken in sequence.
The course introduces students to the biblical, theological, and philosophical sources of Christian ethics from a global perspective, and to the most significant approaches to questions of personal and social ethics in the Christian tradition, especially in relation to current social problems.
Students will explore global religious and philosophical perspectives on the meaning of a good life and a good society. This course involves a comparative study of social ethics in several world religions, with special attention to selected contemporary issues.
This course will introduce students to exemplary works of social analysis and cultural criticism from the mid-19th century forward, focusing (with a few exceptions) on work grounded in social science that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries to more fully grasp the ethical crises of modern societies.