Catalogue Description
Prepares students planning careers in public service to identify, understand, and resolve ethical problems. Includes examinations of (i) ethical theory, including rights and duties, virtue ethics, utilitarian ethics, social contract theory, and role morality;  (ii) the philosophical underpinnings of professional codes of conduct, regulations, and norms of various public service practices; (iii) moral reasoning and argumentation; (iv) the relation between ethical judgment and action; (v) the relation between public service and democratic principles. 3 units.

Notice!
This is a new upper division course currently offered in experimental form. As such, it is not approved for GE credit. This is an ethics course designed for those who are planning a career in public service. For students who have taken neither an ethics nor philosophy class before, the early sections of the course will offer a quick review to establish familiarity with both.